Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Savannah VM system upgrades

[Michael J. Flickinger]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 06:19:49PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Karl Berry wrote in the other message:
> >     I think mgt might be the closest to savannah-hackers and the furthest
> >     from the public and therefore I propose that we upgrade it first.
> > 
> > Also sounds good to me.
> 
> Sounds good.  Will upgrade mgt first and then decide what to do next.
> 
> >     When would be a good time to perform this upgrade?
> > 
> > I don't think it really matters, assuming downtime is basically a matter
> > of a reboot.  (Especially for mgt.)
> 
> A VM should boot very quickly.  As a risk management I will coordinate
> with sysadmin just in case something goes really bad and it needs a
> rescue.  I don't expect that to be needed.  But just in case.
> 
> > I would suggest posting a news item so users have a chance of knowing
> > what is going on.  https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=administration
> 
> Okay.  I see that there hasn't been a news posting there since May 2012.
> 
> >     How long of a waiting time for major events such as this should we
> >     have between posting a proposal for action and then performing the
> >     action?
> > 
> > Once Michael confirms, you're good :).  Otherwise ... a few days
> > at least?


Your plan sounds good to me.

I'll be on IRC if you have any problems.