Yeah a public changelog or something might be a little helpful, but then again that just means it’s one more thing our developers have to maintain in addition to their current work load.
Another instance when this might have been nice was when no one could gain dp for a while.
Something like what Tru3thful showed above might be manageable though. You could honestly just make a topic briefly describing the changes or whatever necessary, and if you do not want to deal with comments or questions just lock it immediately after posting it. Just a heads up of some sort might be nice so we don’t get caught off guard or think some service is down when it was intentionally halted to be worked on.