[tor-bugs] #13606 [Metrics/Metrics website]: old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz no longer at linked location

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#13606: old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz no longer at linked location
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 Reporter:  dcf                      |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Metrics website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                           |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  new => needs_information
 * severity:   => Normal


Old description:

> [https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-
> web.git/blob/9c06f1c683b0dc6d2db02a2ea2c59eb014a13c59:/doc/users-q-and-a.txt
> users-q-and-a.txt] links to
>  * https://metrics.torproject.org/data/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz
> But that link is now 404. I know some stuff formerly at
> metrics.torproject.org moved to collector.torproject.org, but I can't
> find where this file has gone.

New description:

 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-web.git/tree/doc/users-q-and-a.txt
 users-q-and-a.txt] links to
  * https://metrics.torproject.org/data/old-user-number-estimates.tar.gz
 But that link is now 404. I know some stuff formerly at
 metrics.torproject.org moved to collector.torproject.org, but I can't find
 where this file has gone.

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Comment:

 I wonder if this is still an issue, with current user number estimates
 reaching back to September 2011, which is 5.5 years ago.  (Though
 following that logic it might not have been an issue 2.5 years ago, which
 it was.)

 If this is an issue, we should consider making these files available as
 (single) CSV file provided and specified on
 https://metrics.torproject.org/stats.html.  We would provide it similar to
 how we provide deprecated files, except that we wouldn't remove it after
 stopping to update it.  However, merging and specifying this file would
 cause a non-trivial amount of work that we should only invest if this
 matters.

 If this is not an issue, let's just close this ticket.

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