While attempting to connect today I received a timeout. So I checked the Slack _System_Status_ channel and nothing reported. I also checked _connection_issues_...nothing reported. I tried again...same problem. Finally rechecked _connection_issues_ and someone reported the timeout. The response was something like it was Upgrade Sunday . Doesn't Slack have a stick lead page feature (or whatever it's called) like Wordpress where things like this can be posted? And if not it should. For example my Wordpress blog always begins with a About my blog page describing how it came to be. Even if it doesn't have this feature is it really so hard to post System will be down for a few hours message? Like I said it's just a slight frustration which has happened before. So I had already decided to wait at least an hour before trying again. If the problem still existed and no one reported a problem then I would have assumed it was an issue unique to me and reported it. Also and this is just me, but I would assume many people who work would find the weekend a good time to get things done. But this is coming from a guy who worked at a bank where downtime was frowned upon, especially during the day. So I usually had a small window in Sunday early AM to attempt upgrades.
In the grand scheme of things it's a small price for me to pay for z/OS access.