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From <https://dillo-browser.github.io/dillo.org.html https://dillo-browser.github.io/dillo.org.html> > we have setup a new website based on GitHub pages (so ho

by cxr 2y ago

From <https://dillo-browser.github.io/dillo.org.html https://dillo-browser.github.io/dillo.org.html> > we have setup a new website based on GitHub pages (so hopefully it won't dissapear soon) Why cede control of your namespace to GitHub, though? You can host stuff on GitHub Pages without having to go through github.io to get there. Just grab another (cheap) domain and set up a CNAME record to point to GitHub Pages.

rodarima 2y ago
Because I considered it a good starting point as I can place a redirect notice there if we move to another place, without worrying we will lose the DNS again. If you want to help, feel free to do so :-)
- cxr 2y ago
  dilloproject.org This cost me $17.32 for two years—so this time next year, even if there's not $11 or whatever available, there'll be a whole other year to come up with it. NearlyFreeSpeech.NET (which this isn't using right now; it's just on a free static host) allows anyone to deposit funds into an account for sites hosted there, not just the person behind the site, which means it can in theory stay up indefinitely, even if the person in charge is incapacitated and/or stops putting their own money into it (so long as they don't actively take an interest against its continued operation).
fn-mote 2y ago
> Just grab another (cheap) domain The post explains how they lost their long-held domain name. At least GitHub won't dry up and blow away if you miss a payment. They're all cheap at the start... and do not necessarily stay that way. The very end of the post makes it clear this is a temporary situation.
- cxr 2y ago
  wat They didn't lose dillo.org because it suddenly became not cheap. They didn't "lose" it at all—they were never in control of it. The post explains that it lapsed because whoever had it didn't renew, and it wouldn't matter much, because the person who was in charge is no longer involved with Dillo, anyway, which would have made dillo.org a true zombie site. > The very end of the post makes it clear this is a temporary situation There's no such thing when it comes to namespaces. Which is my whole point. If they had grabbed dilloproject.org (or whatever) today, they could continue using that no matter where they're actually hosting the pages in the future. Once you're in somebody else's namespace, though, the only thing you can do is abandon it after adopting a new one and hope that a redirect suffices.

by cxr 2y ago

rodarima 2y ago

Because I considered it a good starting point as I can place a redirect notice there if we move to another place, without worrying we will lose the DNS again. If you want to help, feel free to do so :-)

cxr 2y ago
dilloproject.org This cost me $17.32 for two years—so this time next year, even if there's not $11 or whatever available, there'll be a whole other year to come up with it. NearlyFreeSpeech.NET (which this isn't using right now; it's just on a free static host) allows anyone to deposit funds into an account for sites hosted there, not just the person behind the site, which means it can in theory stay up indefinitely, even if the person in charge is incapacitated and/or stops putting their own money into it (so long as they don't actively take an interest against its continued operation).

fn-mote 2y ago

> Just grab another (cheap) domain The post explains how they lost their long-held domain name. At least GitHub won't dry up and blow away if you miss a payment. They're all cheap at the start... and do not necessarily stay that way. The very end of the post makes it clear this is a temporary situation.

cxr 2y ago
wat They didn't lose dillo.org because it suddenly became not cheap. They didn't "lose" it at all—they were never in control of it. The post explains that it lapsed because whoever had it didn't renew, and it wouldn't matter much, because the person who was in charge is no longer involved with Dillo, anyway, which would have made dillo.org a true zombie site. > The very end of the post makes it clear this is a temporary situation There's no such thing when it comes to namespaces. Which is my whole point. If they had grabbed dilloproject.org (or whatever) today, they could continue using that no matter where they're actually hosting the pages in the future. Once you're in somebody else's namespace, though, the only thing you can do is abandon it after adopting a new one and hope that a redirect suffices.