{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/5"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Protocol Buffer definitions for OpenCensus tracing and metrics, enabling language-independent serialization of observability data across distributed systems.","skillfed_tags":["deprecated","observability","protobuf"],"use_cases":["Deserializing OpenCensus trace and metrics data received from legacy systems still using the older framework","Maintaining existing Python services that depend on opencensus-proto for proto message definitions","Interoperating with non-Python OpenCensus implementations (Go, Java) that still emit proto-formatted observability data","Understanding the proto schema of historical observability data stored in OpenCensus format"],"what_it_does":"OpenCensus Proto is a collection of Protocol Buffer message definitions for the OpenCensus observability framework, defining the wire format for tracing spans, metrics, and related metadata. It exists to ensure consistent serialization across different language implementations (Go, Java, C++, Python, etc.) so that observability data can be exchanged reliably in distributed systems.\n\nHowever, the package is no longer maintained. OpenCensus and OpenTracing merged into OpenTelemetry in 2023, and all OpenCensus repositories except the Python implementation were archived on July 31st, 2023. The maintainers explicitly recommend migrating to OpenTelemetry, which has achieved feature parity and offers migration bridges for gradual transition. This package should be considered end-of-life for new projects.","worth_installing":"No, unless you are maintaining legacy code already using OpenCensus. The package is abandoned and superseded by OpenTelemetry, which the maintainers recommend for all new work. If you are starting a new observability project, use OpenTelemetry instead. If you must maintain existing OpenCensus integration, this package will install without friction, but plan a migration path."},"id":"opencensus-proto","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opencensus-proto","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opencensus-proto.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opencensus-proto/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2019-04-12","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"opencensus-proto","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"OpenCensus Proto"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":96306,"position":13221,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.1.0"}