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diff --git a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk/CONTRIBUTING.md b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..773c9b643 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Contributing to go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk + +The `go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk` module is a purpose built OpenTelemetry SDK. +It is designed to be: + +0. An OpenTelemetry compliant SDK +1. Instrumented by auto-instrumentation (serializable into OTLP JSON) +2. Lightweight +3. User-friendly + +These design choices are listed in the order of their importance. + +The primary design goal of this module is to be an OpenTelemetry SDK. +This means that it needs to implement the Go APIs found in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel`. + +Having met the requirement of SDK compliance, this module needs to provide code that the `go.opentelemetry.io/auto` module can instrument. +The chosen approach to meet this goal is to ensure the telemetry from the SDK is serializable into JSON encoded OTLP. +This ensures then that the serialized form is compatible with other OpenTelemetry systems, and the auto-instrumentation can use these systems to deserialize any telemetry it is sent. + +Outside of these first two goals, the intended use becomes relevant. +This package is intended to be used in the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel` global API as a default when the auto-instrumentation is running. +Because of this, this package needs to not add unnecessary dependencies to that API. +Ideally, it adds none. +It also needs to operate efficiently. + +Finally, this module is designed to be user-friendly to Go development. +It hides complexity in order to provide simpler APIs when the previous goals can all still be met. |