- It is undocumented (as stated in the original post)
- Why is it being removed?
- And why do you suggest it then?
hst337
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bside
It’s being removed because it was an experiment and relies on widespread adoption of registry which has not occurred. I did not suggest using it, I was merely providing an example of how it can conceivably be achieved.
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-erlang-contrib/issues/190
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hst337
I get this, so there is no way to automatically convert telemetry span events (manually specified or with telemetry_registry) to opentelemetry spans.
There is unimplemented suggestion and deprecated undocumented function.
I’d like to help with this issue, but I don’t have any free time to learn opentelemetry and write the code. I am just a user who doesn’t want to attach numerous opentelemetry libraries just to get what is already emitted in telemetry.
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dimitarvp
I would expect a compiler author like you to be more performance-minded so it’s a mystery to me why would you even want a translation layer. That’s not sustainable. Not to mention that it becomes a convenience you wouldn’t be willing to let go of if you author that translation layer, meaning that those libraries will be less and less likely to ever use OpenTelemetry as time goes by (and it seems OTel is not going anywhere, that’s why I bet on it in my work).
Maybe I could interest you with mentioning semgrep or comby with which you can formulate queries nailing all the pieces of your code that would need migration and then use good old sed or awk to change stuff around?
Sure, it might not be just “search and replace”, I get that, but it could be a good start.
Might be an interesting project I think.
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hst337
And you suggest doing this for every dependency I have? Ha-ha)
I think the best solution is to have relay translating spans from telemetry to opentelemetry format. Or just telemetry exporter which converts events to opentelemetry format.
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dimitarvp
Yes. As mentioned, OTel is here to stay. So might as well migrate, it could be the perfect time for that.
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