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Re:Be Kind by Raphmedia on Friday October 14, 2016 @11:41AM (#12708809)
[Client, Friday 4PM]"Hello, client here. I know it's Friday 4pm but we messed up and did X. Could you deploy Y fix, thanks!"

[Client, Friday 4PM] "We are having a big sale this weekend we told nobody about. Could you quickly deploy a fix where all the product's prices are red and bold? That shouldn't take you long, right?"

[Project manager, Friday 4:45PM] "Hey team, X just released an important security fix for Y platform. I need you to deploy it right now or the client could get hacked."

Re:Be Kind by im3w1l on Friday October 14, 2016 @02:27PM (#12710131)
The appropriate response to Client is "Great, but it will cost $Z in Friday fees"
Re:Be Kind by cema on Friday October 14, 2016 @11:57AM (#12708943)
In my opinion, only the last one may be justified.
Re:Be Kind by sparrish on Friday October 14, 2016 @12:20PM (#12709101)
And my own darn fault for using platform Y from team X that would release a security update on a Friday. Yes, fix it. But if this isn't a one-off, get off of platform Y.
Re:Be Kind by phn on Friday October 14, 2016 @12:49PM (#12709328)
Are you suggesting delaying security updates because it's Friday? I mean, you can update only on Monday if you so wish, you're unprotected either way.
Re:Be Kind by sparrish on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:24PM (#12709632)
If platform Y regularly releases security updates on Friday, that's poor management by X and I would reconsider using platform Y. 0-day issues of high severity should be the exception.
Re:Be Kind by Raphmedia on Friday October 14, 2016 @04:10PM (#12710731)
Timezones can make it so. It's not necessarily their fault.
Re:Be Kind by cema on Saturday October 15, 2016 @10:52PM (#12716632)
Time zones do make things interesting, but weekends are more or less synchronized. (Holidays are not, notably.)