Code push Saturday

[denise]

We will be doing a code push on Saturday 22 Sept. Prep work should begin at around 6PM PDT (9PM EDT (UTC -4), 1AM Sunday 23 Sept UTC), with the actual release itself likely happening anywhere between 7PM and 8PM PDT.

This push is going to be slightly more involved than our usual code deployment process. (It's the first push using our new backend version control system and we need to do a bunch of work for the conversion, much of which has to be done at the time of the push and not before, which is why we can't give you a more accurate estimate.) The actual downtime involved should hopefully be minimal -- as is standard with a code push, at most it should be a few minutes of actual downtime -- but brace yourself for the possibility of brief Utter Weirdness. We'll have all hands on deck to fix any problems that crop up.

Comments

[turlough]

Good luck!

[polar]

Thanks for the heads up. :)

[musyc]

Yay code push! And oooooooooh, new system. Fingers crossed. How about a sacrificial offering of ... hmm. Tiny knitted bits of things? To ease the process. XDXD

[apollymi]

Thanks for the heads up, and good luck!

[gridlore]

So, if I open my DW on Saturday and eldritch entities from beyond space start emerging from my computer, I should report that, right?

[denise]

We swear to do our very best not to summon the Great Cthulhu during this codepush.

[erika]

If necessary, I have a Cthulu squashable that I can keep an eye on in case this is where he manifests.

Iowa City in September is a pretty decent place to manifest the embodiment of the Eldritch Gods, ngl, most people around here would just blame all the destruction on either a) a tornado or b) the students.

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

(I read that as tomato at first)

All the best denise et al!

[denise]

Ia ia sandwich fthag'n?

[onlyanapple]

Thank you for the heads-up, it's always appreciated.

[the]

godspeed.

[bluiis]

Thanks for the heads up. You guys are the best!

[tree]

is it wrong that i am sort of excited at the prospect of Utter Weirdness?

[denise]

It might or might not be wrong, but don't say it too loudly. :)

[hickumu]

Best of luck, team! We're a tough bunch - we can handle Utter Weirdness.

[momijizukamori]

This is the most exciting news to wake up to now if only I can convince Fu to pull through the S2 comment >_>

If elder gods appear it's probably my fault, though.

[ninetydegrees]

Yay! This is very exciting!

[got_swagger]

Thanks for the heads up! Can't wait to see what's new!

[bubbleblower]

9PM EDT (UTC -4), midnight Sunday 23 Sept UTC

That doesn't look quite right. 9 pm is three hours from midnight, not four.

Likewise, midnight UTC is 5 pm PDT, not 6. Or to put it another way, 6 pm PDT (9 pm EDT) is 1 am UTC.

You may want to double-check this.

[denise]

Yeah, it is well known that I just can't add. :) It's correct in the link, and I just fixed it in the entry. Thanks!

[jjhunter]

Excited is I, and happy shall we be! (Fingers crossed that all goes well.)

[guardians_song]

G'luck!

ph'nglui mglw'nafh cthulhu el'jeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[beforethedarkness]

Like many others have said, thank you for the heads up!

[auronlu]

What a delightfully nerdy way to celebrate the autumnal equinox and Bilbo and Frodo's birthday!

a few minutes downtime

[babysprite]

A few minutes downtime is a tiny price to pay for a decently-maintained code base. Thanks, Ms. D.

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[iris]

Is there any way that a purge may be done with this maintenance? *hopeful finger cross*