From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Tue Jul 14 06:45:57 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1767499C587; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2F9C23A; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t6E6juRm098615; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:56 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t6E6juJX098614; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:56 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201507140645.t6E6juJX098614@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:56 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:45:57 -0000 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 @@ + + + Leap Seconds Article + + + + + Warren + Block + + wblock@@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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;.

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