Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46963 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201507140645.t6E6juJX098614@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Tue Jul 14 06:45:55 2015 New Revision: 46963 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46963 Log: Add my own report on the Leap Seconds article. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 06:07:14 2015 (r46962) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 06:45:55 2015 (r46963) @@ -781,4 +781,56 @@ </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='doc'> + <title>Leap Seconds Article</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Warren</given> + <common>Block</common> + </name> + <email>wblock@@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.html" /> + </links> + + <body> + <p>As the leap second scheduled for the end of June approached, + Bartek Rutkowski and others raised questions about how &os; + handled leap seconds. Leap seconds have caused serious + problems for other operating systems in the last few years, + and there was understandable concern.</p> + + <p>It was reasonably pointed out that &os; had encountered leap + seconds before, and would be fine this time also. Still, the + absence of reported problems is not really a substitute for a + description of what to expect and how to know if a system is + prepared.</p> + + <p>To address concerns and also provide a resource for future + leap seconds, several experts were harrassed relentlessly, + with the results compiled into a short article. Beyond merely + allaying fears about what might happen, this article received + positive responses on the web for how it demonstrated &os;'s + maturity and preparedness.</p> + + <p>Great thanks for their patience and expertise are owed to + Peter Jeremy, Poul-Henning Kamp, Ian Lepore, Xin LI, Warner + Losh, and George Neville-Neil.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Compile other short articles on things that &os; does + really well. Of particular interest are features that make + life easier for sysadmins, or how problems on other systems + are dealt with or even made non-problems on &os;.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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