v0.72.0

NOTE:

• This release bumps go.mod to 1.26 -- mostly due to /x Go packages requiring 1.26 as well.
• This is the first release with the experimental support of OpenMetrics 2 encoding.

What's Changed

• build(deps): bump the codeql group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #980
• feat: implement histogram and gauge histogram support for OpenMetrics 2.0 by @dashpole in #964
• chore: Update gofumpt config and apply new formatting by @dongjiang1989 in #987
• expfmt: reject nameless samples after metric metadata by @roidelapluie in #988
• feat: implement summary support for OpenMetrics 2.0 by @dashpole in #983
• docs(expfmt): update OpenMetrics 2.0 supported metric types comments by @dashpole in #989
• optimize sample unmarshaling for json/v2 by @liggitt in #991
• expfmt: simplify format constants and provide default negotiation slices by @bwplotka in #992
• expfmt: reject invalid UTF-8 and a trailing CR in OpenMetrics 2.0 metadata by @Rohilalala in #998
• expfmt: stop a test leaving the shared parser on legacy validation by @Rohilalala in #996
• build(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/client_model from 0.6.2 to 0.6.3 in the prometheus group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #1001
• chore: Update linting by @SuperQ in #1002
• Synchronize common files from prometheus/prometheus by @prombot in #1003
• Update supported Go versions by @SuperQ in #1004
• build(deps): bump the golang-org-x group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1000

New Contributors

• @liggitt made their first contribution in #991
• @Rohilalala made their first contribution in #998

Full Changelog: v0.71.0...v0.72.0