Proposing a Tool sweep - Cloud

29 Dec 2022

Hi everyone,

tl;dr: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal:Toolforge/Tool_sweep

It has been nearly a decade since Toolforge came online. Since then, 
there have a been a lot of improvements to tool infrastructure, but many 
tools have not yet caught up. For example, new tools are required to 
have metadata in toolsadmin, and unused tools can now be archived/deleted.

I am proposing that we "sweep" through all tools, checking each one for:
* Indicating a OSI-approved license in the source code/metadata
* Having source code published somewhere
* Not loading external resources (for web applications)
* Having tool information and metadata in Toolsadmin or Toolhub

This is explained further on the wiki page, with proposed remediation steps.

There are roughly ~3,200 tools, if we split it up into batches by month, 
it's about 250 tools per month. Depending on how many people are 
interested sweeping, it could be doable :) ...or it might take multiple 
years to clear through.

Ultimately the goal is to support tool maintainers with bringing their 
tools up to standard rather than criticizing them for not doing so.

If you're interested in participating, please add your name to the wiki 
page :) I would like to kick this off in the first week of January.

Please let me know if you have any concerns, questions or suggestions.

Thanks,
-- Kunal / Legoktm