[Forum] Scheduled Forum update, upgrade, and maintenance, planned for 2023-03-23.

[donald]

Please take into consideration that the forum will be unavailable for planned maintenance Thursday of NEXT week: 2023-03-23.

The timeframe will be 19:00 EDT / 23:00 UTC.

This the the second cleanup toward the following:

Database cleanup.
Software update.
Full O/S update.
Checks on files of super super secret nature.
Detailed Log reviews.

We may:
Do a small set purge of aged inactive users and old unanswered threads.
Remove under used and unused features. Not many remain that are not used, so most likely not.

Timing:
These tasks should only take a few hours.
The rain date for this will be 2023-03-25.

This thread will remain open until and for 1 week after the maintenance.

[revmacian]

Thank you for the advance notice. I wish other websites would do advance notice like this.. instead of just a huge "We're sorry for any inconvenience" banner on the day of maintenance.

[donald]

Thank you for the advance notice. I wish other websites would do advance notice like this.. instead of just a huge "We're sorry for any inconvenience" banner on the day of maintenance.

Anytime.

Me too. Few things are more frustrating than going to a resource and it is not working. No notice irks me like a wayward shopping cart that makes one wonder if one is in the wrong neighborhood or makes one reflect on the depravity of your fellow man.

Worst offenders IMHO are banks that do work on a Monday morning.