[rhn-users] RedHat will no longer use rhn-outage-list, why?

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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:15 AM, daryl herzmann <akrherz at iastate.edu> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> After the recent outages with RHN hosted (most recent being on the 28th), I
> inquired with Red Hat GSS on why Red Hat no longer announces outages on the
> rhn-outage-list list.  The mailman page has:
>
> rhn-outage-list -- Announcements Related to RHN Service Interruptions
>
> The GSS response was:
>  "outage emails have been stopped intentionally for business reason"
>
> Okay, I suspect we can't be told what that business reason is either. Would
> anybody on this list care to clarify the outage notification policy?
>
> This page here appears to be wrong given the above.
>
> https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Network/Outage_Policy/index.html
>
> " Red Hat Network will send a notification through the mailing list (see
>  below) in advance of unscheduled maintenance whenever possible. In the
>  event that we are unable to send advance notification of unscheduled
>  maintenance, we recommend that you contact Customer Service for
>  additional details."
>
> Which means GSS will tell you that they can't tell you what happened!

Seems to be an outage now ... but honestly I don't think I can keep up
with posting such things here. :)

John