[c-nsp] Prepare for router Wednesday

[Pete Templin]

Jason Gurtz wrote:

>> 	I think it's a challenge coming with any system that is
>> perfect.  The issue here is balance.  This strikes a balance in
>> favor of expecting a level of uptime from your ISPs.  If they
>> were rebooting once a month you might not be very happy.
> 
> As another person noted, severe issues will be dealt with on demand so
> it's not as bad as it could be.  Yet, who decides if an issue is severe?
> Why should Cisco be determining the maintenance window to this IMO rather
> lengthy degree.  Granted, we're not talking about windows patching, but
> still...

Think of this at a higher level: you "have" to patch, so now you get to 
plan your maintenance windows.  Previously, the patches "just came". 
And on the severe issues, you wouldn't have gotten notice anyway unless 
it got so wild that the exploit itself got press.

pt