Maybe this just needs a little more planning.

* Look at the server logs and find the most used tools on toolserver

* Contact those tool authors directly

* Make copies of the source of those tools publicly available (they should all be open source, but some directories are not accessibly for other users from shell IIRC)

* Keep a Foundation-readable snapshot of the toolserver home directories, user-store, DB dumps etc.

* Forcibly port the most important, unmaintained tools to Labs

I have already started with one or two, though I'd appreciate it if I don't have to do it all by myself ;-)

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Maarten Dammers <maarten@mdammers.nl> wrote:

Hi Silke,

I'm afraid you're effort won't have the intended outcome. What I expect will happen:
* Some tool authors will move in the next couple of months
* Some tool authors will move at the last moment
* A lot of tools willl just be abandoned.
* You'll get a lot of upset people when you shut down the Toolserver

Don't say I didn't warn you,

Maarten

Op 7-10-2013 14:03, Silke Meyer schreef:

Hey all!

We had set a deadline (Sept 30th) to ask WMDE for support to migrate
your tools to Tool Labs. As very few of you made use of this until now,
Johannes still has time to help you. So we are still accepting support
requests. Please think about whether you'll have the time and the
know-how to migrate on your own. Your tools shall have left the
toolserver until June 30th, 2014. This deadline is serious.

If you would like Johannes to give you a hand, please tell us until
November 15th 2013.
* Write to me or to directly to johannes.kroll@wikimedia.de.
* Give some details about your tool: Did you try to migrate already but
something fails to work? What works? What doesn't? What exactly do you
want Johannes to do?

Best, Silke

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