The rename to sources.redhat.com

Current status:

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Known to work: ssh, web, anonymous CVS (via pserver), email, cvsweb.

Known to need changes and not yet migrated: kerberos (you can log into sources.redhat.com with krlogin, we just can't change the reverse DNS without coordination), htdig (it seems to work but returns sourceware.cygnus.com in its results. Not sure if there are other symptoms). Until it is done, these services will continue to work using sourceware.cygnus.com.

Not tested yet: faq-o-matic, gnats, rsync, others.

Nit: Don't seem to have an MX record for sources.redhat.com. Email can function with just an A record but it means mailers have to look up and fail for the MX record first, so it would be nice to fix this. Then again, sourceware.cygnus.com doesn't seem to have had one either.

Another nit: need to rename sourceware-announce.

Background: sourceware needs a new name - here are some criteria

The process (mostly historical)

  1. Don't combine the rename with other activities such as hardware or software upgrades. Let's bite off something we can chew, get it done, then look at whatever else we need to address.
  2. Make a list of suggested names. Publicize this process to overseers, Red Hat internal lists, and other public or company lists as desired (you, the reader, will need to help with that last one).
  3. Try to reach a decision. The Powers That Be are thinking of just conducting a vote (on the theory that it is largely a question of preference), although we haven't decided for sure whether we plan a more deliberate/structured thing. People who want to be highly involved should make plans to participate in the overseers mailing list (which is probably the best place to campaign for your favorite name, if desired).
  4. Implement the rename. This is a lot of work, in that the name appears many places, but it is straightforward. Plan is to do it the same way as egcs.cygnus.com -> gcc.gnu.org, with the old name working for an extended period of time.

Tentative Finalists (historical)

Other suggested names (historical)