Pony does not distinguish between moira/dns/resolved states

[ezyang]

Once we approve a ticket, it shows up in your lists of hostnames, even though it may not have been approved by moira yet, or the DNS may have not propagated. This is not user-friendly, since although the LDAP data has been created, for all user experience purposes the hostname is not active, simply pending. We should add an extra note saying that a hostname has not been activated yet, and perhaps automatically clear these out using periodic DNS checks.

[mitchb]

This is correct behavior, and does rather the opposite of suck. Once we've granted you a vhost, the LDAP data is created so that the site will work immediately once the hostname gets to us. Once we've allowed you to have a vhost, you *should* be able to immediately set up where it's going to point to. Why is this not INVALID DOESNTSUCK?

[ezyang]

Clarified.

[adehnert]

To map a vhost -> status, consider pulling out all tickets with the appropriate locker and hostname, and using a custom sort function to select the most done status.

This may not be a great ticket for somebody who isn't already reasonably adept at source-diving (or working closely with somebody who is).