Reading/Web/Sunsetting a project

Occasionally projects do not work out and need to be removed. This page provides a checklist for the tasks that should be carried out to do this effectively.


 * Remove from Developers/Maintainers
 * Notify users that the project is disappearing.
 * This is especially important if the project involves storing data or if other projects are making use of APIs or internal functions.
 * If user data is involved, users should be given at least a month to migrate their data and instructions on how to do so
 * Remove extension from cluster and remove any configuration options set in the mediawiki-config repo.
 * Update project as unmaintained on mediawiki.org
 * Remove test jobs from Jenkins
 * If it's not being maintained its test may block merges elsewhere.
 * Remove it from translatewiki
 * Archive it from zuul/ci
 * Abandon all open patchsets
 * This sets expectation to users that their patches are no longer reviewed.
 * If necessary, clone the repo on Github
 * Link to the github repo so if they are interested they can continue development there
 * Remove all files in a new commit or make a commit that disables the software contained in it (e.g. disable the entry point if it is an Mediawiki extension), so that a user that pulls it notices that we assume it has no users and it has no maintainer.
 * Set extension on Gerrit as read only