2.6.0

• Add opt-in stable OpenTelemetry semantic conventions: #1435.
  • In MySqlConnector 3.0, the experimental conventions will be removed.
  • Applications should set OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN to database or database/dup (or use WithSemanticConventionsKinds) to test the new semantic conventions.
• Support distributed tracing by sending traceparent to MySQL Server: #1635.
• EnableResultSetHeaderEvent is now opt-in: #1633.
• Move AddMySqlDataSource and related APIs from MySqlConnector.DependencyInjection to MySqlConnector: #1649.
• Improve reliability and correctness of parameter parsing and rewriting:
  • Fix termination of quoted parameters: #1627.
  • Handle all comment-start characters during SQL parsing: #1624.
  • Add stricter argument validation and checks: #1632.
• Improve XA and transaction handling:
  • Handle more XA error codes: #1631.
  • Clear transaction when closing a database: #1623.
  • Handle missing transaction in DoCloseAsync: #729.
• Improve data type handling:
  • Reject negative DATETIME ticks: #1630.
  • Don't detect BINARY columns as Guid: #1625.
• Improve exception safety: #1628.
• Suppress trimming warnings and update AOT test coverage: #1607, #1608.
• Thanks to @markus456 and @sbomer for contributions to this release.