Security release scheduling

Tue Sep 29 07:18:43 UTC 2015

On 9/28/15 11:08 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
> In message <560A13E6.7060509 at nwtime.org>, Harlan Stenn writes:
>> I'm looking for some general "calendar" help to use for our security
>> release scheduling process.  Something that usefully accounts for
>> clients all over the world.
>>
>> By "usefully accounts" I mean that we want to be able to have reasonable
>> confidence that we're not going to pick a public release date that is a
>> national holiday for one country, and we're also not going to avoid a
>> date because it's "let's order pizza" day somewhere else, but the
>> purpose of the holiday is obscured because of language translation issues.
>>
>> I figure this is something others must have solved, and I'm hoping some
>> folks on this list might be able to offer me some pointers.
> 
> There's a national holiday basically everyday of the year.
> 
> http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/

Thanks, Mark!

So much for that idea...

I guess the best we can hope for is to minimize the impact.

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