Release v1.16.0/v0.39.0 -- Stable Metric API

This release contains the first stable release of the OpenTelemetry Go metric API. Our project stability guarantees now apply to the go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric package. See our versioning policy for more information about these stability guarantees.

What's Changed

Added

• The go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.19.0 package. The package contains semantic conventions from the v1.19.0 version of the OpenTelemetry specification. (#3848)
• The go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.20.0 package. The package contains semantic conventions from the v1.20.0 version of the OpenTelemetry specification. (#4078)

Changed

• Use strings.Cut() instead of string.SplitN() for better readability and memory use. (#4049)

Removed

• The deprecated go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/instrument package is removed. Use go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric instead. (#4055)

Fixed

• Fix build for BSD based systems in go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource. (#4077)

New Contributors

• @tsloughter made their first contribution in #3848
• @Tijmen34 made their first contribution in #4074
• @ChillOrb made their first contribution in #3677
• @ChenX1993 made their first contribution in #4043
• @andrew-womeldorf made their first contribution in #4086

Full Changelog: v1.15.1...v1.16.0