Retire Playground Packwiz channel

.gitea/README.md

@@ -27,15 +27,12 @@ Stable:
 https://mc.ahmza.com/forever/stable/pack.toml
 ```
 
-### Playground
+### Creative Playground Server
 
-Disposable environment for testing mods, updates and configuration changes before considering them for Forever World.
+`agsmc-playground` is a disposable creative superflat server that consumes the
-
+Forever stable pack. It does not have an independent Packwiz publication
-Development:
+channel. Upcoming pack changes are validated on `agsmc-forever-staging` through
-
+the Forever development endpoint.
-```text
-https://mc.ahmza.com/playground/dev/pack.toml
-```
 
 ## Repository Structure
 
@@ -54,13 +51,6 @@ mc-modpacks/
 │   ├── config/
 │   ├── defaultconfigs/
 │   └── README.md
-├── playground/
-│   ├── pack.toml
-│   ├── index.toml
-│   ├── mods/
-│   ├── config/
-│   ├── defaultconfigs/
-│   └── README.md
 └── deploy/
     └── kubernetes/
 ```

.gitea/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           grep -q '^hash = "[0-9a-f]\{64\}"$' \
             .build/site/forever/dev/pack.toml
           # Building distribution metadata must not alter tracked source packs.
-          git diff --exit-code -- forever playground
+          git diff --exit-code -- forever
 
       - name: Verify tagged release output
         if: startsWith(gitea.ref, 'refs/tags/')

egg-neoforge-packwiz-v4.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "pid_limit"
     ],
     "docker_images": {
-        "Java 21": "ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:java_21"
+        "Java 21": "ghcr.io/pterodactyl/yolks:java_21"
     },
     "file_denylist": [],
     "startup": "bash ./start-packwiz.sh {{SERVER_MEMORY}}",
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "Packwiz Auto Sync",
-            "description": "Run packwiz-installer before every server start. 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled. Recommended: Forever=0 after deployment if you want explicit promotions; Playground=1.",
+            "description": "Run packwiz-installer before every server start. 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled. Use 1 for servers that track stable or dev; use 0 only for manually pinned deployments.",
             "env_variable": "PACKWIZ_AUTO_SYNC",
             "default_value": "1",
             "user_viewable": true,

forever/README.md

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ A tagged release is published to both:
 
 Release tags and release directories are immutable.
 
-Major mod additions, Minecraft migrations and other potentially disruptive changes should be tested on Playground or a feature branch before being introduced here.
+Major mod additions, Minecraft migrations and other potentially disruptive changes should be tested on the Forever staging server or a feature branch before being introduced here.
 
 ## Updating a Mod
 

playground/README.md

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Playground
-
-Playground is the experimental Minecraft environment.
-
-Unlike Forever World, this pack is intentionally disposable and exists for testing mods, updates and configuration changes without risking the permanent world.
-
-## Purpose
-
-Use Playground for:
-
-- evaluating new mods
-- testing major mod updates
-- testing Minecraft/NeoForge upgrades
-- experimenting with world generation
-- testing compatibility between mods
-- testing configuration changes
-- reproducing crashes
-- validating potential Forever World changes
-
-The world may be reset or replaced at any time.
-
-## Platform
-
-The Minecraft and NeoForge versions may change depending on what is being tested.
-
-Packwiz remains the source of truth for the pack.
-
-## Deployment
-
-Development builds are published at:
-
-```text
-https://mc.ahmza.com/playground/dev/pack.toml
-```
-
-The Pterodactyl server should normally use:
-
-```text
-PACKWIZ_AUTO_SYNC=1
-```
-
-so restarting Playground synchronises it with the latest published pack.
-
-## Development
-
-Playground changes can normally be committed directly to `main`:
-
-```bash
-cd playground
-
-packwiz add <mod>
-packwiz refresh
-
-git add .
-git commit -m "Test <mod> in Playground"
-git push
-```
-
-Feature branches may be used for larger experiments, but are not required for routine testing.
-
-## Promotion to Forever World
-
-A mod working in Playground does not automatically make it suitable for Forever World.
-
-Before promotion consider:
-
-- stability
-- maintenance activity
-- compatibility
-- world-save impact
-- dependencies
-- performance
-- removal behaviour
-- future Minecraft upgrade prospects
-
-Mods considered suitable should then be added independently to the Forever pack and tested against the Forever staging server.
-
-## Persistence
-
-Nothing in Playground should be considered permanent.
-
-Worlds, configs and mods may be removed or reset as required.
-
-If something matters, move it into the appropriate version-controlled configuration before relying on it.

scripts/build-site.sh

@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ export_pack() {
 # release-tag event whose checked-out commit is intentionally older than main.
 export_pack "$dev_ref" forever "$site_root/forever/dev"
 
-# Playground is documented but intentionally incomplete today. Start serving
-# it automatically as soon as a committed playground/pack.toml exists.
-if export_pack "$dev_ref" playground "$site_root/playground/dev"; then
-  echo "Published playground development pack from $dev_ref"
-else
-  echo "Skipping playground: $dev_ref has no playground/pack.toml" >&2
-fi
-
 # Each forever-vX.Y.Z tag becomes an immutable URL. Version-aware Git sorting
 # also identifies the newest release to copy to the stable channel.
 release_tags=$(git tag --list 'forever-v*' --sort=-version:refname \