Planned outage :: MediaWiki update for migration :: 2012-10-04 2200 UTC

[Karsten 'quaid' Wade]

We are upgrading our MediaWiki instance this evening. We may need to
reboot the server if there are other updates that require it.

To convert UTC to your local time, run:
  date -d '2012-10-04 22:00 UTC'

== Affected services ==

 wiki.ovirt.org

== Unaffected services ==

These services are unaffected unless a reboot is required:

 www.ovirt.org (MediaWiki)
 lists.ovirt.org (Mailman)
 ovirt.org/releases

These services are unaffected regardless of a reboot:

 gerrit.ovirt.org
 jenkins.ovirt.org

Please join #ovirt on irc.oftc.net or respond to this email to track
the status of this outage.

== Reason for outage ==

I am upgrading our MediaWiki instance in preparation to migrating the
service to use the new theme and run on OpenShift. Previously we
discussed if this pre-migration was necessary, and since then we've
found a MediaWiki page stating that an update to the target version is
needed before moving to a new server.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki#Versions_and_upgrading

To do the update, I'll probably put the wiki in read-only mode for a
short time. I'll announce this on IRC (irc.oftc.net #ovirt) a few
minutes in advance.

At the same time, I'll look to make sure other packages are updated. If
there is anything risky, I'll hold off on an update. If a reboot is
required, I will reboot during that time.

If a reboot is required, I will send out a warning a few minutes in
advance on IRC.

I'll generally keep the channel updated during the maintenance window.

- Karsten
-- 
Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Analyst - Community Growth
http://TheOpenSourceWay.org  .^\  http://community.redhat.com
@quaid (identi.ca/twitter/IRC)  \v'  gpg: AD0E0C41

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