Release v1.24.0/v0.46.0/v0.0.1-alpha

[MrAlias]

This release is the last to support Go 1.20. The next release will require at least Go 1.21.

Added

• Support Go 1.22. (Support Go 1.22 #4890)
• Add exemplar support to go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc. (Add exemplar support to the OTLP HTTP and gRPC exporters #4900)
• Add exemplar support to go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp. (Add exemplar support to the OTLP HTTP and gRPC exporters #4900)
• The go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log module is added. This module includes OpenTelemetry Go's implementation of the Logs Bridge API. This module is in an alpha state, it is subject to breaking changes. See our versioning policy for more info. (Add experimental-logs module set #4961)

Fixed

• Fix registration of multiple callbacks when using the global meter provider from go.opentelemetry.io/otel. (Fix registration of multiple callbacks when using the global meter provider #4945)
• Fix negative buckets in output of exponential histograms. (Fix output exponential histogram negative buckets #4956)

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 82.9%. Comparing base (a5ec3fc) to head (f80d58a).

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Hits       15887   15889    +2     
+ Misses      2984    2982    -2     
  Partials     292     292           

Files	Coverage Δ
bridge/opencensus/version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)
...xporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)
...xporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)
exporters/otlp/otlptrace/version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)
sdk/metric/version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)
sdk/version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)
version.go	100.0% <100.0%> (ø)

... and 1 file with indirect coverage changes