Back when we created tools, we implemented tool accounts as a
general labs-wide feature, 'service groups.' A tool is a service group,
but any other project can also create a single-use group or user via the
'Manager Service Groups' link in Wikitech.
I just ran a big report of all uses of this feature outside of
tools, and reached out to many of the projects that contain service
groups. The use cases I encountered were:
1) "I'm a Labs Op and am using that to test a feature for the tools project"
2) "I used that feature by mistake/I was just clicking around at random"
3) "That feature seemed like it might be useful but it wasn't and I
never cleaned up afterwards"
So! I propose deprecate and remove the service group feature
outside of Tools. Specifically:
- The new tools admin tool (https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/) will
implement a tool request/approval/creation system that replaces the
wikitech 'service groups' feature for tool creation purposes.
- Once that is done, I will remove the 'Manage Service Groups' link from
wikitech, and disable all wikitech features related to service groups.
- I will delete all existing service groups outside of case 1 above
- The backend implementation of service groups will remain the same as
it is now, and by special request (mostly, again, for case 1), operators
will still be able to create/manipulate service groups outside of the
Tools project via arduous by-hand commandline machinations.
Does that sound OK to everyone? Does anyone want to speak up in
favor of preserving this feature?
-Andrew
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