So, internal-staging.softwareheritage.org feels like a really long base domain name, but I don't have a snappy alternative suggestion that gives me warm fuzzies.

I'm tempted to suggest shortening that to int-stg.softwareheritage.org, or to int.stg.softwareheritage.org, but that doesn't look great.

(I think most of my issue comes from the length of softwareheritage.org, and that I'd be happier with longer internal domains on a shorter base e.g., to take a page out of WMF's book, staging.int.swhlabs.org wouldn't feel as bad)

my proposal:

public facing names:

• www-dev.s.o => www-staging.s.o
• archive-staging.s.o
• deposit-staging.s.o

internal zones:

• internal.s.o unchanged
• staging.s.o for internal staging machines

with the 'implicit' assumption that any public facing name MUST be directly under softwareheritage.org, and any subdomain of softwareheritage.org IS a private/internal stuff.

fyi, currently purchasing swh.network domain on gandi (as per an oral discussion some time ago).

(Order No. 46583661)

And reference dns setup for the domain as:

@ 10800 IN SOA ns1.gandi.net. hostmaster.gandi.net. 1563362734 10800 3600 604800 10800
@ 10800 IN A 217.70.184.38
@ 10800 IN MX 10 spool.mail.gandi.net.
@ 10800 IN MX 50 fb.mail.gandi.net.
@ 10800 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_mailcust.gandi.net ?all"
www 10800 IN CNAME archive
archive.staging 10800 IN CNAME moma
deposit.staging 10800 IN CNAME moma
moma 10800 IN CNAME moma.softwareheritage.org.

Note: this will need update when T1872 is resolved.