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So I should just leave a security vulnerability rather than fix it on a Friday, because I won't be available Saturday?



If it has the potential to take down your site? Unless you have someone who can fill in for you, absolutely.

Really, it will come down to a cost/benefit analysis. Are your chances of the site going down due to being hacked over the weekend higher than the chances of a last minute update taking down the site?

The answer is almost always no (much to a sysadmin's chagrin). If the answer is yes (i.e. another heartbleed), then you are probably going to be working through the weekend anyways.


Read to comprehend, not to argue.


Great, now what am I going to do with my life?


This should on the top of every page here.




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