[metrics-bugs] #25383 [Metrics/Website]: Deprecate stats.html and stats/*.csv files

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#25383: Deprecate stats.html and stats/*.csv files
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 Reporter:  karsten          |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
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Comment (by karsten):

 I put some more thoughts into this:
  1. We started out with providing the CSV files linked from
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/stats.html stats.html]. These are quite
 detailed, which is great for researchers, but also somewhat difficult to
 handle for less technical users.
  2. We now provide 1 CSV file per graph that is generated ad-hoc to
 contain just the data that is displayed in the graph. These files are
 likely more usable for non-technical users, but as we see here they lack
 details for researchers.
  3. How about we find a middle ground? We could provide 1 CSV file per
 graph and contain all data that could possibly be displayed in that graph.
 Basically, it would be the same link as in 2., but there wouldn't be any
 parameters. That's still less data than in 1. but more data than in 2. We
 would likely have to add a legend to the CSV file header to explain the
 columns, but we're planning to do that anyway (#25446).

 joss, irl, dcf, others, what do you think?

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