Niels Thykier: > Hi, > > At the moment, we send out migration emails around 16:39 UTC. I propose > that we move migration mails to 04:39 UTC. This is after the main > Britney run at 22:00 UTC has been committed by a dinstall. > Alternatively, we add additional mail runs - one of which is at 04:39 UTC. > > My primary motivation is that right now we have a 18-19 hour latency > between the bulk migration and people receiving their mail about it. > By moving the mails to 04:39 UTC, the vast majority of people will > receive their migration mail shortly after it migrates. The tracker > page will have the "it migrated" notification a lot earlier and it will > be less confusing for all contributors (who are not aware of or have > forgotten this technical details of how this all fits together). > > If there are no objections, I will update our cronjob during the weekend > to use 04:39. I am happy to increase to 2 or 4 runs as well, if there > is support for that. > > Thanks, > ~Niels >
FYI, I have started a bits mail in gobby to announce this (and the recent Britney schedule changes). I intend to send that email tomorrow and move this cronjob to 04:39 UTC tomorrow evening (after the 16:39 UTC run) Thanks, ~Niels
