[tor-bugs] #17179 [Tor Sysadmin Team]: Replace lemmonii with a VM

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#17179: Replace lemmonii with a VM
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 Reporter:  nickm              |          Owner:
     Type:  defect             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Sysadmin Team  |        Version:
 Keywords:  lemmonii vm        |  Actual Points:
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 lemmonii is a laptop.  People use it to run screen sessions for IRC.  What
 else do people use it for? I have no clue, but we should find out about
 other use-cases.

 lemmonii is also the only service hosted in the Cambridge office.  This is
 problematic.

 We should deprecate and replace it.

 Here's the plan Weasel and I made, as best I can recall.  (Weasel, please
 correct me if I am wrong.)

 1. We should make a new VM for use as a lemmonii-replacement.  (We decided
 that this is a better idea than recommending use of perldulce for IRC or
 any other iffy stuff.)

 2. We should recommend that people switch to the new VM, and announce that
 lemmonii will stop running at a certain date.

 3. We should turn off lemmonii at the announced date.

 Elaborations welcome!

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