Re: Estimate on gborg rescue?

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Estimate on gborg rescue?
Date: 2006-09-07 03:57:17
Message-ID: 20060907005643.T13992@ganymede.hub.org
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DNS issue was fixed this aft, and I'm currently working on reviving the
vServer right now ... CVS itself should be working now ...

Sorry for the delay ...

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just checked, and gborg is still dead. In fact, the hostname is no
> longer valid (there's no A record). Do we have even an estimate for
> when it will be back? Can the estimator please publish that
> somewhere in big flashing letters or something?
>
> I can totally appreciate that this is a volunteer project, that
> people have other things happen to them, and that the project cannot
> always be the central issue in people's lives. Nevertheless, the
> gborg site has been down for a long time. We have argued for ages
> that there is no need to keep things in the "core distribution"
> because we have these seamless additional modular components that
> snap together to form a system. Not much of an argument when people
> can't even get to the sites supporting those additional components,
> because -- oops! -- the site doesn't even exist in DNS.
>
> On another note, these are listed as authorities for postgresql.org:
>
> postgresql.org. 7848 IN NS ns-a.lerctr.org.
> postgresql.org. 7848 IN NS ns-b.lerctr.org.
>
> But they're not responding with answers or even authority for them.
> So the general DNS is messed up too.
>
> If I can be of any assistance whatsoever, please feel free to hit me
> up. My office phone is +1 416 673 4110, in case someone needs it.
> I'm even on call this week, so you should be able to reach me more or
> less any time.
>
> A
>
> --
> Andrew Sullivan | ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca
> This work was visionary and imaginative, and goes to show that visionary
> and imaginative work need not end up well.
> --Dennis Ritchie
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