Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Domain Names

[Simon Ward]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 06:33:29PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
> Simon Ward wrote:
>> Given that we now have manchester.fsuk.org pointed where requested,
>> there are no current issues with the setup.
>
> this is not entirely true.

What problems do you think we have that are _current_?  (I cover
possible future problems with this setup partly further on in my mail.)

>> Do we still need another domain?
>
> I believe so.

I should have phrased that question to draw the reasoning out. My bad.

>> Some considerations:
>>
>> We may want something else changed, and may hit the same issue of
>> getting it done in a reasonable amount of time.
>
> I think this is always going to be an issue.

Only a real issue when we come across it, until then just a perceived
possible issue.

The need to change DNS data should be rare.  If not, we need to plan the
usage a bit more.

> I would suggest that until we are clear about what fsuk.org *is* and  
> what it means for us to be hosted there, that we move to hosting  
> independent of it until we are clearer about what it is.

Web and email are now hosted independently.

> When it is  
> clear what fsuk.org means and represents then I would suggest that we  
> have a discussion about whether it's goals align with ours, and whether  
> being a subdomain of it if beneficial to us.

That’s why I brought it up.

Simon
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