Re: Mirror maintenance windows, related communication, order of checks (Was: Re: pl1.php.net Disabled)

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Patrick Schaaf <php@bof.de> wrote: > Am 30.04.2015 19:07 schrieb "Patrick Schaaf" <php@bof.de>: > > > > Would you also like to be prenotified when I update PHP or the OS/kernel > on the boxes, which when it happens, sometimes takes 30 seconds for a > reboot or rollback in case of problems? So far during the last few years, I > simply relied on the automation to spot somewhat prolongued (unplanned) > episodes, and for short upgrades including reboots I just did it. > > If we want to go down this path, and I can see it would be good for the > users, maybe a way for us mirror operators to actively disable and reenable > the mirror, would be the best (least amount of up front communication and > time coordination)? I'm thinking about a dedicated "enable/disable" SSH key > per mirror, with some automation at php.net central that the key could > trigger to take the mirror out of service, and back into service. > > If you are interested, I'd certainly volunteer for co-development and > testing of such a mechanism. > > best regards > Patrick > for the record previously we had a grace period before disabling the faulty mirror, but Hannes recently removed that to simplify the code, I think that is why we are seeing the increased amount of "false" notifications: http://git.php.net/?p=web/master.git;a=commit;h=67b2136ef230cbf879607cfff553549455b90614 -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu