Upcoming code push + maintenance downtime

[mark]

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!

Comments

[jeshyr]

Fantastic to get this stuff done while you're all there!

Love to all the OSCON participants :)

[deborah]

you are missed. <333

[dragondancer5150]

Thanks for the heads up! o7

[kellzilla]

Should probably point to your twitface for updates in the interim!

[thebutt]

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!

[snippy]

I'm sure there are quite a few DW users in the Portland metro area. :)

[mark]

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.

[tameiki]

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 ;)

[wehappyfew]

Thanks for letting us know! Keep on being fantastic~

[kore]

Thank you for letting us know!

[thisfffire]

Thanks for the info!

[groovy_mutation]

Awesome heads up! Thank you and keep having fun guys!

[sharpiefan]

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 )

[jb_slasher]

Thanks for the heads up!

[peaceful]

I hope everything goes smoothly :)

[pretty_panther]

Thanks for the advanced warning! Very much appreciated. :)

[kaberett]

Yay! Thanks for letting us know, and I hope you're all having fun :-)

[bluiis]

Thanks for always keeping us updated! You guys do an awesome job.

[dragon_moon]

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. ^__^

[pauamma]

Hmm, I take you mean 9pm PDT, not PST? (PST would be day+1 at 5am UTC, not 4am).

[rike_tikki_tavi]

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.)

[forthwritten]

Good luck with the code push!

[slay]

Thanks so much for the heads up!

[subluxate]

Thank you for keeping us updated!

[evilawyer]

Thanks for the heads up!

( ty. <3 )

[the]

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.

[atliere]

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!

[redblack]

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.