On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 13:05 -0700, RobertH wrote: > > From: Karsten Bräckelmann
> > The real impact isn't the DNS query, but whenever an update > > has been pushed. If everyone would check once an hour, the > > full load would have to be shouldered in 60 minutes, as > > opposed to evenly distributed about, say, a day... > > > > It's the same classic problem with uninspired admins, running > > such cron jobs strictly at a full hour. > > why not change the wiki to be far less ambiguous on this issue, and put out > a specific decree to *all* admins in these regards ? > > if there is a more specific better way to deal with it, change it and make > it better and let us all know how it must be done. > > anyone can find fault with anything given enough opportunity. > > thank you for humbling my day. Oh, come on, Robert -- I didn't say your way is abusive, just overkill. The most part of this discussion isn't specific to you, nor SA. It's a well-known, general problem when running update services. It isn't meant to be a decree either, it's partly my opinion, partly best-practices. You shouldn't take it personally. -- char *t="\10pse\0r\0dtu...@ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4"; main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1: (c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}