Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 08:32:26 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: FreeBSD Core Team <core@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable ML <stable@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD flood of 8 breakage announcements in 3 mins. Message-ID: <CAOtMX2hA2AfVuNrFxDhXLpY74UAcrWXSd0GjZ1uJJq2vZ5T1qw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201905151425.x4FEPNqk065975@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201905151425.x4FEPNqk065975@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 8:26 AM Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> 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
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