Doug Hellmann wrote: > From what I understand, it's not just a CNAME change (they are hooking up to > AppEngine). > > Do you know the names of the previous organizers?
The website says: http://www.syneus.fi/. Just have Jyrki contact me and I can then take from there (I manage the pycon.org domain). BTW: I'm not sure whether AppEngine allows CNAME redirection. Thanks. > Doug > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 5:13 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > >> Hi Doug, >> >> please tell him to have the previous organizers send me their OK to >> pass on the subdomain and to provide a new CNAME alias. >> The subdomain fi.pycon.org is currently aliased to conference.syneus.fi. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Doug Hellmann wrote: >>> I have received a request to update the DNS entries for fi.pycon.org. I can >>> handle the technical aspects of that change, but wanted to make sure I was >>> doing enough to verify the identity of the person asking for the change. Do >>> we have procedures for this sort of thing? I have suggested creating a page >>> on the old server with a name that doesn't exist right now. Is there >>> something else I can/should do? (Or can anyone vouch for Jyrki and let us >>> skip this step?) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Doug >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Jyrki Pulliainen <[email protected]> >>>> Date: August 2, 2011 3:17:14 PM EDT >>>> To: Doug Hellmann <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Migrating fi.pycon.org under App engine >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Doug Hellmann <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Jyrki Pulliainen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> As mentioned to ThePSF in Twitter before, we're in process migrating >>>>>> fi.pycon.org under Google Apps domain. We need a few DNS changes to do >>>>>> it. First, we would need the TXT-entry to verify our domain to Google >>>>>> and then, later on, the DNS entries should be set to point in to the >>>>>> App engine. >>>>>> >>>>>> How should we proceed? What would be the most convenient way for you? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>> Jyrki Pulliainen, Treasury of Python Finland >>>>> >>>>> Hi, Jyrki, >>>>> >>>>> I can help you make the DNS changes, but I don't know anything about >>>>> AppEngine. If you can provide me with instructions like "Make the $R >>>>> record for the domain $D have value $V" then I can do the editing. >>>>> >>>>> Will that work? >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Yeah, that'll do the trick. I can tell you the required fields :) >>>> >>>>> Since I don't know you (yet!), we should also do some minimal >>>>> verification that you have control of the current fi.pycon.org site. Can >>>>> you create a "doug.html" page and add some content? It does not need to >>>>> be fancy, it will just prove that you can create a new page on that >>>>> domain and reassure me that I'm not about to steal it away from the >>>>> "real" owner. :-) >>>> >>>> I totally understand! I just need to contact the previous owner and >>>> ask them to put the document there (last year's Python was organized >>>> by a local company, they handed all the domain, twitter and facebook >>>> stuff to us now for this year's event). I'll contact you when it's >>>> done, if it's ok? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Jyrki >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pydotorg-www mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www >> >> -- >> Marc-Andre Lemburg >> eGenix.com >> >> Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 02 2011) >>>>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>>>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> >> ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: >> >> >> eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 >> D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg >> Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 >> http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 02 2011) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
