That sounds good to me. Just make sure that no active "old software" wikis break. And we should rush along the process of conversion and make sure that no one is on the old software at all.

Jason Richey wrote:

I am making a sweeping change in our DNS that shouldn't affect anything... Currently, *.wikipedia.com (the DNS entry) resolves to the Bomis server that used to host all of the wikis. Any wikipedia.com wiki that is loading from the newer server is doing so because an explicit entry has been added to DNS for that wiki to make it point to the newer server.

I am going to point *.wikipedia.com to the newer server, and add entries for the wikis that are in use on the old server.

This will give our administrators on the newer server the ability to handle DNS names that we don't officially support (test.wikipedia.com) in whatever way they deem fit. It will also allow them to add new languages at will, since the hostnames will already be pointed to the correct IP. For me, it simplifies converting old wikis to the new software, as removing a name from DNS is easier than adding one using register.com's interface. Also, it has the added bonus of making DNS get simpler as we convert more old wikis, rather than having it become more complex (as it currently does).

-- "Jason C. Richey" jasonr@bomis.com

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