Originally posted by Redsage:

So something you learn early in your career if your an IT administrator - patches sometimes break things right? Even the best intention patch can wreak havoc. So one thing you certainly never do is release a patch....then go on vacation!

I get that they deserve a break. Holy crap they own the company. I'm sure they've been working hard. But you never...and i mean NEVER release a patch and then go on vacation!

If that kind of thing happened and they were employees, any self-respecting company would fire them while they were gone.

Well as a delivery manager I have to add here:
When you approve vacation of your employees in a situation like this, you should be the one who gets fired, not the Dev-Team ;)

But going on vaca after a patch seems weird :)