Question regarding TUG

[Ann-Marie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ann-Marie]

Has the TUG website been down all day? I can not get on.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

Earlier I received a message stating they were down for maintenance.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

From what I read a couple of days ago, they are attempting a software update. Attempting, I say, because it has been hours and hours and it still is not done. The note on the site says it went down at 9AM Eastern, which is almost eight hours ago. They must have run into problems, and for some reason decided to forge ahead rather than just restore back to the old software and try again later.

Oh well.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

It is now up

[VillaHappy Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close VillaHappy]

It's working now!

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Maybe they read my post. They restored back to the old software and will try again at a later date.

Fern

[Keitht Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Keitht]

They must have run into problems, and for some reason decided to forge ahead rather than just restore back to the old software and try again later.

Oh well.

When doing software upgrades most organisations will weigh the cost, (time, effort, availability etc) in restoring the old system against the cost of attempting to solve whatever problems are experienced. Only when a point is reached where it is clearly better to restore will that decision be made. Major software upgrades are fraught with potential problems and not all can be spotted during pre-upgrade testing.
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