Re: Responsibility for mail server, impact on Subversion

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 15:11 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A number of people have suggested that it would be irresponsible to do the
> Subversion migration while our mail infrastructure is in the terrible state
> that it is. I strongly agree... and suggest that we commit to delaying the
> Subversion migration if the mail infrastructure is not functioning reliably
> by Monday. As unfortunate as it would be to delay, we can not responsibly
> expect our users to cope with such a change without fully functioning mail
> services for support and co-ordination.
> 
> To back this up, I would like to own the responsibility for getting our mail
> services back up and running reliably. This problem needs a clear owner, not
> fresh layers of temporary fixes, trial and error experiments and incomplete
> analysis. *No* changes should be made without confirmation, unless a serious
> emergency change is required in which case you should follow up to this mail
> both on list and directly to my address. This means mail server config on
> all our machines... and (!!!) firewall configuration related to mail server
> functions.
> 
> This will allow Ross (and perhaps others, if he needs them) to focus 100% on
> preparing for and documenting the Subversion migration, which is *extremely*
> important to get right, while ensuring that we do not make more mistakes as
> we attempt to fix the mail server infrastructure.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Jeff
> 

Discussed on IRC and agreed. Jeff owns the mail problem now.

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Ross