svn commit: r46963 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Tue Jul 14 06:45:57 UTC 2015

Author: wblock
Date: Tue Jul 14 06:45:55 2015
New Revision: 46963
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46963

Log:
  Add my own report on the Leap Seconds article.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml	Tue Jul 14 06:07:14 2015	(r46962)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml	Tue Jul 14 06:45:55 2015	(r46963)
@@ -781,4 +781,56 @@
       </task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='doc'>
+    <title>Leap Seconds Article</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Warren</given>
+	  <common>Block</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>wblock@@FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/leap-seconds/article.html" />
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>As the leap second scheduled for the end of June approached,
+	Bartek Rutkowski and others raised questions about how &os;
+	handled leap seconds.  Leap seconds have caused serious
+	problems for other operating systems in the last few years,
+	and there was understandable concern.</p>
+
+      <p>It was reasonably pointed out that &os; had encountered leap
+	seconds before, and would be fine this time also.  Still, the
+	absence of reported problems is not really a substitute for a
+	description of what to expect and how to know if a system is
+	prepared.</p>
+
+      <p>To address concerns and also provide a resource for future
+	leap seconds, several experts were harrassed relentlessly,
+	with the results compiled into a short article.  Beyond merely
+	allaying fears about what might happen, this article received
+	positive responses on the web for how it demonstrated &os;'s
+	maturity and preparedness.</p>
+
+      <p>Great thanks for their patience and expertise are owed to
+	Peter Jeremy, Poul-Henning Kamp, Ian Lepore, Xin LI, Warner
+	Losh, and George Neville-Neil.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>
+	<p>Compile other short articles on things that &os; does
+	  really well.  Of particular interest are features that make
+	  life easier for sysadmins, or how problems on other systems
+	  are dealt with or even made non-problems on &os;.</p>
+      </task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
