What is the problem/what do you want to achieve?
As part of RESTbase deprecation, we need to deprecate (or migrate) the underused PDF generating service, Proton, because there are other, more used ways to create PDFs and no one currently maintains this service. It is a blocker for the larger RESTbase deprecation work. There are no plans to maintain the service based on low percentage usage. We have not yet been able to identify the bot owner who is, by far, the largest user of the service. The service is available across all Wikimedia projects and languages.
How can we help you?
Help designing the best community communication path forward.
The options I currently see are:
a) announce on wikitech-l that we are deprecating the service with ~3 months notice.
b) conduct community outreach to specific parts of the potentially affected communities to help them create workarounds or discover reasons this service should not deprecate.
What does success look like?
Success is when we have a mutually agreed to sustainable path forward for both RESTbase deprecation work to advance and the communities' PDF generation needs are met.
What is your deadline?
Decision on path forward: End of March 2023
Completion of RESTbase deprecation: June 2023