[metrics-bugs] #29461 [Metrics/CollecTor]: Add a Snowflake module

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#29461: Add a Snowflake module
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 Reporter:  irl                                  |          Owner:
                                                 |  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/CollecTor                    |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  metrics-roadmap-august, anti-        |  Actual Points:
  censorship-roadmap-september                   |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  8
 Reviewer:  irl                                  |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor28
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Comment (by karsten):

 Replying to [comment:13 irl]:
 > The SnowflakeStatsUrl doesn't look right at all. There's an ampersat in
 it?

 You mean the default URL in `collector.properties`? That's known, I need
 to put in the actual URL once that's available (#31376).

 > > 'snowflakes' contains a single compressed tarball with snowflake
 statistics:
 >
 > It is nice that we can have archives that after a while become read-
 only. Why are we not splitting this by month?

 The reason is that these statistics are tiny and that processing these
 files would be simpler with a single tarball. But changing this is
 trivial, if you think that doing so has more advantages.

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