[tor-bugs] #6395 [Metrics Data Processor]: Can we remove GetTor statistics from metrics-*?

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#6395: Can we remove GetTor statistics from metrics-*?
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 Reporter:  karsten                 |          Owner:     
     Type:  task                    |         Status:  new
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Component:  Metrics Data Processor  |        Version:     
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Comment(by kaner):

 Replying to [comment:7 karsten]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 phobos]:
 > > The current gettor installation is a mess and needs to be moved to a
 new server. Gettor probably needs to be rewritten and to provide stats via
 some other method than http.
 >
 > How exactly is a GetTor rewrite not going to generate work on my side to
 adapt the metrics side of things?
 >
 > What makes me so sad about this thread is that maintenance is taken for
 granted, and that we don't have any process for removing less used
 features.  "Oh, but it's working, why remove it" is not helpful as a
 reply.  No, we cannot keep every feature we ever built.
 >
 > So, how do we proceed here?  I'd really, really prefer if GetTor
 statistics on metrics went away.  If I write a small Python script that
 graphs GetTor statistics and we add that to GetTor's repository to be
 maintained by the GetTor maintainer, can we then keep it out of metrics?

 I'm fine with having a script inside the GetTor repository that I maintain
 and that does the graphs.

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