[Wikipedia-l] Re: New server online?

[Brion VIBBER]

lcrocker at nupedia.com wrote:
>>To answer my own question: yes! http://old.wikipedia.com/ (but
>>you have to put the "old" in after every click; it's still 
>>configured to provide every link with the "www" in the URL. Lee,
>>can you change that?)
> 
> No, but Jimbo can.  Jimbo, could you (a) set up DNS so that
> "old.wikipedia.com" points to ross, and (b) change the
> wikiLocalSettings.php file in the old system to put "old." into
> the internal links?

For reference, the line should be:

   $wikiCurrentServer = "http://old.wikipedia.com";

> The fact that "wikipedia.com" still points to ross is a problem
> for some people as well I understand, but I'm reluctant to ask
> you to change that specifically, since that will affect many
> other things

Such as?

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com