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Decommission PrefStats
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PrefStats seems to be dead and unused, since:

  • its special page isn't available on either enwiki or mediawiki.org
  • it isn't listed in the config extension list
  • its database tables (or at least the replicas on analytics-store) were last updated in in 2014
  • it hasn't had a substantive change since the repo was created in 2010.

If PrefStats is in fact dead, decomissioning steps include:

In addition, if it's safe to delete the data, we should:

  • Delete the prefstats table from the database

Event Timeline

@Neil_P._Quinn_WMF: Who to decide? Could this be broken down into a list of required steps?

(I'm reminded of T98358.)

@Aklapper, I started a list in the description.

@Catrope, can you confirm that this extension is dead and unused, and that I can start doing the steps listed in the description? Is there anyone else I should check with?

Separately, can you think of any reason to keep the data (which stopped being collected in 2014)? I'm inclined to delete it.

@Catrope, can you confirm that this extension is dead and unused?

Change 328477 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aklapper):
Archive PrefStats extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/328477

Change 328477 merged by jenkins-bot:
Archive PrefStats extension

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/328477

Aklapper closed this task as Resolved.EditedJan 2 2017, 2:06 PM
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Aklapper moved this task from Backlog to January on the Developer-Advocacy (Jan-Mar-2017) board.

@Neil_P._Quinn_WMF: If you want "Delete the prefstats table from the database" to happen, please file a separate task against DBA and mark T54921 as a parent task.

I consider this done:

Resolving.

Thank you for taking care of this @Aklapper! I've filed the removal of the tables as T154490.

Change 389546 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; owner: Umherirrender):
[mediawiki/extensions/PrefStats@master] Decommission PrefStats

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/389546

Change 389546 merged by Umherirrender:
[mediawiki/extensions/PrefStats@master] Decommission PrefStats

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/389546

nshahquinn-wmf raised the priority of this task from Lowest to Needs Triage.Mar 30 2018, 10:36 AM
nshahquinn-wmf moved this task from Backlog to Radar on the Contributors-Analysis board.