x/net/http2/h2demo: stop running

[dmitshur]

The HTTP/2 demo program is currently served at https://http2.golang.org. The index page describes it as:

This server exists for others in the HTTP/2 community to test their HTTP/2 client implementations and point out flaws in our server.

It was created around the time when HTTP/2 support was novel and in active development, eventually being added to the standard library in Go 1.6 in 2016. By now it is still useful but probably significantly less so than it was earlier on.

Though it's sad to say this, I think it has served us well and maybe it's a good time to move on and stop running the HTTP/2 demo server at http2.golang.org, making it easier to focus our attention in other areas that would benefit Go more. (Its source code is public and can always be accessed in the future by anyone interested.)

CC @golang/release, @neild, @bradfitz.

[ianlancetaylor]

CC @neild

[neild]

SGTM. I don't think the effort of keeping a server running and up-to-date is worth the benefit, and it's easy enough for anyone to run their own local server if they need to test against Go's HTTP/2 implementation.

[heschi]

I've disabled the alerting and turned off the service. I'll delete the code in a few days if nothing screams.

[bradfitz]

end of an era :)

[tranb3r]

Would you consider moving the code of https://http2.golang.org/reqinfo to httpbin.org (which seems to be well maintained) ?

[seankhliao]

httpbin is a python project,
if they wanted to, they're free to take/fork and run the code and run it, no need to move things

[tranb3r]

Sure.
I'm just proposing a way to maintain this test request for clients who need it, without having to maintain your server.
I'll ask httpbin if they can implement a similar request.

[gopherbot]

Change https://golang.org/cl/364376 mentions this issue: http2/h2demo: delete