On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 8:26 AM Julian H. Stacey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi core@, > cc hackers@ & stable@ > > PR headline : "FreeBSD flood of 8 breakage announcements in 3 mins." > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2019-May/date.html > > Volunteers who contribute actual fixes are very much appreciated; > But those styled as 'management' who delay announcements to batch floods > damage us. As they've previously refused to stop, it's time to sack them. > > Just send each announcement out when ready, no delays to batch them. > No sys admins can deal with 8 in 3 mins: > Especially on multiple systems & releases. Recipients start > mitigating, then more flood in, & need review which are > most urgent to interrupt to; While also avoiding sudden upgrades > to many servers & releases, to minimise disturbing server users, > bosses & customers. > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, Consultant Systems Engineer, BSD Linux Unix, Munich Aachen Kent > http://stolenvotes.uk Brexit ref. stole votes from 700,000 Brits in EU. > Lies bought; Groups fined; 1.9 M young had no vote, 1.3 M old leavers died.
I disagree, Julian. I think SAs are easier to deal with when they're batched. True, I can't fix the first one in less than 3 minutes. But then I probably wouldn't even notice it that fast. Batching them all together means fewer updates and reboots. -Alan _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
