Encoding Extensions not in Contrib Distribution

[blakeromano]

Component(s)

extension/encoding, extension/encoding/jsonlogencoding

Describe the issue you're reporting

When trying to use the encoding extension on contrib distribution I got the error saying this extension was not in the contrib provider using otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.99.0 image.

Encoders are going to be important for having more encoding options for various other components.

[github-actions]

Pinging code owners:

• extension/encoding: @atoulme @dao-jun @dmitryax @MovieStoreGuy @VihasMakwana
• extension/encoding/jsonlogencoding: @VihasMakwana @atoulme

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[crobert-1]

Removing needs triage based on code owner's response, and since there are a number of PRs currently open moving encoding extensions to be Alpha stability.

[blakeromano]

@crobert-1 With the recent release promoting to Alpha does that mean the contrib distribution will now have the encoding extensions or does this require additional work?

[crobert-1]

It looks like some encoding extensions are currently included in releases: Jaegar, OTLP, and Zipkin.

From here.

Is there another you want to be released? (I see you mentioned the JSON log encoding extension)

[blakeromano]

Correct the JSON log encoding extension is the big one I am looking at. I am happy to PR that repo if that is the best way to go about it.

[crobert-1]

@VihasMakwana @atoulme Do you think the JSON log encoding extension is ready to be upgraded to alpha? If not, what remaining work is necessary?

[blakeromano]

Any updates on this?

[crobert-1]

It's been upgraded to alpha, but hasn't been added to collector releases yet. I've opened open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases#558 to add.