hutcheson - 11:41 pm on Dec 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

Well, this thread seems prophetic.

Many development functions are available again. Not everything: work on data reconstruction and network issues still continues in parallel.

My "feeling" of the state of the system: I would not be surprised at brief recurrent outages for awhile: we're operating on new servers and a new network configuration. I'd expect more functionality to show up in drabs and dribbles, whenever the techs are confident all the necessary code and data are in place (that is, not on any fixed schedule.) I'd be surprised if site suggestion functionality didn't return, but even more surprised if it returned quickly (i.e. this year.) (But I've been surprised before.)

As I don't believe there IS a schedule, I think it's pointless to ask what it would be if it existed, which it doesn't. It's the mode of "fix the problems, one or two at a time, beginning with those which are most critical to the quality of editors' work, taking as long as it takes and finishing as soon as you can."