> Our current window is scheduled from 2000 EDT Saturday April 28th (0100
> GMT Sunday April 29th) until 1200 EDT Sunday April 29th (1700 GMT Sunday
> April 29th). This outage will impact all production systems.
Uh, I just realized, isn't EDT=GMT-4 while EST=GMT-5? If so, then your time
conversions in this note are off by one hour. I believe it should be April
29 at 0000 GMT to April 29 at 1600 GMT.
If I'm wrong, be sure to make a fool out of me!
-Eric P.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 6:52 AM
Subject: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 04/18/01
> Greetings -
>
> Please find following an update on OpenSRS.
>
>
> Upcoming scheduled downtime
> -----------------
> For the last couple of months, we have been planning a significant
> architectural improvement to our core systems. As a result of this, we
> are going to require a "one-time" maintenance window of 16 hours.
>
> Our current window is scheduled from 2000 EDT Saturday April 28th (0100
> GMT Sunday April 29th) until 1200 EDT Sunday April 29th (1700 GMT Sunday
> April 29th). This outage will impact all production systems.
>
> This operation will provide us with significant room for growth, as well
> as allow us to deploy new features and functionality faster.
>
> We will be running thorough tests over the next few days to ensure that
> this operation is executed as efficiently as possible. We will announce
> any revisions to this schedule 48 hours before the start of the window.
>
> We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter, and
> apologize in advance for any inconveniences this may cause you.
>
>
> .ca registry resumes operation
> -----------------
> We have been notified that the .ca registry has resumed operation, and
> we have re-started services with them. You can once again register and
> manage .ca names through our systems.
>
>
> Multilingual update
> -----------------
> Verisign has announced that the new multilingual codepoints (languages)
> will be released on Thursday, April 19th, at 2:00 PM. The OpenSRS system
> will be ready to accept orders in the new languages at that time.
>
> Resellers who are interested in reselling multilingual names should
> ensure that they're OpenSRS profile is multilingual enabled. There are
> no new contracts to sign, provided you have already signed the contract
> to become an Tucows gTLD reseller. To see if your are multilingual
> ready, simply log in to the Reseller Web Interface at
> http://resellers.opensrs.net, and click on the 'Place Order Manually'
> link.
>
> Once in the order page, click on the 'Language' drop-down menu, and make
> sure that 'UTF-8' is one of the options presented. (It doesn't matter if
> it's the only option presented, just that it's there.)
>
> For information on ordering multilingual domain names through the
> OpenSRS system, please see the user guide at:
>
> http://www.opensrs.org/multilingual.shtml
>
> Note: Once the codepoints are released, if you have multilingual names
> enabled, you will be able to order multilingual domains using the Bulk
> Loader, the Place Order Manually link (both found in the Reseller Web
> Interface), or by using version 2.33 of the client code (to be released
> on Thursday, April 19).
>
>
> As always - thanks for your continued support of OpenSRS!
>
> Regards,
>
> sA
> Scott Allan
> Director, OpenSRS
>
