mark: Photo of Mark's face, taken in standard office fluorescent. (me)Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance,
@ 2012-07-19 10:08 pm UTC
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Hi all!

In approximately 24 hours, we will be doing a code push on Dreamwidth. More than just a code push, though, we will be taking the site offline for one hour. We are doing this to allow us to do some system updates and some general maintenance that we've been putting off for a while.

The impetus for doing it this week is that we have here, in Portland, Oregon, many of our senior contributors. We flew nearly a dozen people out for a conference here, and have been having a good time hanging out, working on Dreamwidth, and doing conference things.

We will be doing the code push at 9PM PST (Pacific), also known as 0400 UTC for more civilized timekeeping devices.

And one final time: the site will be entirely offline for 60 minutes. Thank you for your patience and understanding, and as always, we'll be watching this and further posts for comments and questions!



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jeshyr: A flower with text "In life's name" (Young Wizard, Young Wizard - In Life's Name)


[personal profile] jeshyr
2012-07-20 05:15 am UTC (link)
Fantastic to get this stuff done while you're all there!

Love to all the OSCON participants :)

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deborah: the Library of Congress cataloging numbers for children's literature, technology, and library science (loc)


[personal profile] deborah
2012-07-20 05:19 am UTC (link)
you are missed. <333

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dragondancer5150: (DragonDancer5150)


[personal profile] dragondancer5150
2012-07-20 05:18 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the heads up! o7

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kellzilla: open books piled on each other, stacks of books behind, wall of books out of focus in the background; text "read more" ([other] books)


[personal profile] kellzilla
2012-07-20 05:24 am UTC (link)
Should probably point to your twitface for updates in the interim!

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thebutt: (condesce: hi 8))


[personal profile] thebutt
2012-07-20 05:29 am UTC (link)
Whoa, hey, DW user party in Portland. 8D I wonder how many of us are lurking around here this week? Anyway, thanks for the heads up!

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snippy: Lego me holding book (Lego, Me as Lego)


[personal profile] snippy
2012-07-20 05:50 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure there are quite a few DW users in the Portland metro area. :)

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mark: Photo of Mark's face, taken in standard office fluorescent. (me)


[staff profile] mark
2012-07-20 05:51 pm UTC (link)
It didn't occur to me to ask if people wanted to meet up! I'm not used to this whole we-have-a-site-and-it-has-lots-of-people-on-it thing.

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tameiki: (00  Teni with Tam name)


[personal profile] tameiki
2012-07-20 05:49 am UTC (link)
What a great idea to do this while you're all together in one location! Great minds all in one place.

I love that you keep your users in the loop and let us know what's going on in such a timely fashion. Thank you, and I hope you all have a great time for the remainder of the conference ;)

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wehappyfew: ACTRESS | sophia bush (pic#1220373)


[personal profile] wehappyfew
2012-07-20 06:01 am UTC (link)
Thanks for letting us know! Keep on being fantastic~

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kore: (Dreamwidth on the xkcd map)


[personal profile] kore
2012-07-20 06:03 am UTC (link)
Thank you for letting us know!

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thisfffire: What a smart girl, what a pretty girl. (what a good girl)


[personal profile] thisfffire
2012-07-20 06:19 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the info!

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groovy_mutation: (Ah yes)


[personal profile] groovy_mutation
2012-07-20 06:20 am UTC (link)
Awesome heads up! Thank you and keep having fun guys!

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sharpiefan: DW: To boldly go, hoping that the rest of fandom will follow (DW to boldly go)


[personal profile] sharpiefan
2012-07-20 07:20 am UTC (link)
Thank you for keeping us in the loop - it is something I think we all appreciate! Good luck with the code push. (I will be tucked up in bed at 0400 GMT - I'm not quite that much of an insomniac. :D )

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jb_slasher: ossi väänänen, lasse kukkonen; team finland (juggernauts)


[personal profile] jb_slasher
2012-07-20 07:31 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the heads up!

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peaceful: wildly at livejournal (sᴛᴏᴄᴋ · bunnies)


[personal profile] peaceful
2012-07-20 08:27 am UTC (link)
I hope everything goes smoothly :)

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pretty_panther: (misc: bubbles)


[personal profile] pretty_panther
2012-07-20 11:25 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the advanced warning! Very much appreciated. :)

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kaberett: Overlaid Mars & Venus symbols, with Swiss Army knife tools at other positions around the central circle. (swiss army gender)


[personal profile] kaberett
2012-07-20 11:47 am UTC (link)
Yay! Thanks for letting us know, and I hope you're all having fun :-)

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bluiis: (Doctor Who by roxicons)


[personal profile] bluiis
2012-07-20 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for always keeping us updated! You guys do an awesome job.

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dragon_moon: (tommy_bass_half)


[personal profile] dragon_moon
2012-07-20 01:08 pm UTC (link)
Glad you all are having a good time and enjoying the conference. Thanks so much for letting us know about the site being offline for a bit tonight. ^__^

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pauamma: Cartooney crab holding drink ("Cartooney crab holding drink")


[personal profile] pauamma
2012-07-20 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Hmm, I take you mean 9pm PDT, not PST? (PST would be day+1 at 5am UTC, not 4am).

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rike_tikki_tavi: cuddle pile of mongooses (mongoose)


[personal profile] rike_tikki_tavi
2012-07-20 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the heads up and good luck with the code push. (As a European, I'm happy you are doing this at a time where I'll most likely be asleep.)

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forthwritten: stained glass spiral (spiral)


[personal profile] forthwritten
2012-07-20 04:20 pm UTC (link)
Good luck with the code push!

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slay: btvs (5.11) (lebron james had 24 pts and 9 rebounds)


[personal profile] slay
2012-07-20 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much for the heads up!

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subluxate: Sophia Bush leaning against a piano (Corlionis: Teresa)


[personal profile] subluxate
2012-07-20 06:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for keeping us updated!

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evilawyer: young black-tailed prairie dog at SF Zoo (Evilawyer, I'm Awake Dammit!)


[personal profile] evilawyer
2012-07-20 10:37 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the heads up!

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the: (e. stone ☛ ( live from new york ))

( ty. <3 )


[personal profile] the
2012-07-21 03:18 am UTC (link)
UNACCEPTABLE. what am i supposed to do, not pretend to be a fictional character on the internet for an hour?

breakin' my balls here, dw.

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atliere: (besties.)


[personal profile] atliere
2012-07-21 04:01 am UTC (link)
Ya'll are partyin' and pushing your code out...

But thanks for the heads up! I can knit and plurk instead. :)

And good luck too! Here's to no unexpected downtime!

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redblack: A pale woman's face, long brownish hair, light eyes, and a tribal tattoo stretching almost to the hairline. (pic#3369514)


[personal profile] redblack
2012-07-21 04:15 am UTC (link)
Hmm. Eleven PM CDT then. Gosh we've shopped on eBay too long. We can do PDT or PST to CDT/CST conversion in our head. XD

Thank you for the heads up. It's definitely appreciated. And we hope everything goes well.

Will there be updates on Twitter of "Hey guys, site's back!" just in case it's a bit past midnight when it comes back. Just curious.

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