Dear Tool Maintainers of Toolforge,
The idea for Tool-Watch <https://tool-watch.toolforge.org/> originated
during the Wikimania Hackathon 2023. A group of us was exploring various
tools from Toolhub and noticed that many of the links we clicked were not
functioning. This sparked our interest in finding an existing monitoring
tool for tools at Toolforge, but we were unable to locate one. Motivated by
this experience, we began developing Tool-Watch, which has been live for
some time now.
As part of this initiative, we are considering implementing email
notifications for tool maintainers. The goal is to notify maintainers if
their tool has been down for an extended period, allowing for timely
intervention and maintenance. We believe this will help keep our tools
running smoothly and reduce unnecessary infrastructure costs and make the
catalogue cleaner.
We value your input and would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.
Specifically, we’d like to know:
- Would you find email notifications helpful if they are triggered only
after extended downtime?
- Should the notification be triggered after 3, 7, or 30 days of
downtime? Or do you have any other time frame in mind?
Please feel free to share your feedback by replying to this email or
joining the discussion on Phabricator T368816#10201603
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368816#10201603>.
Also, special thanks to Soham and other contributors for supporting me in
building this tool!
Tool: https://tool-watch.toolforge.org/
Phabricator discussion: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T368816
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our community. We
look forward to hearing from you!
Regards,
Gopa Vasanth <https://gopavasanth.github.io/>
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