getsentry / getsentry/sentry-java

Improve Stacktrace truncation for StackOverflowError

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Description

### Problem Statement

We've had reports of [dropped events in the past](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/issues/2988) and in response implemented a [simple limit of 100 frames](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/b66ccf37e6b3000d423c8162a56173ccaeba1ab9/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryStackTraceFactory.java#L62-L65).

This limit only uses 100 frames from one side of the stacktrace, leading to potentially unhelpful information shown in our product.

### Solution Brainstorm

In the next major, we could improve the truncation to:
- only trigger on `StackOverflowError` so we do not lose information on smaller stack traces
- this way we don't butcher other stacktraces
- truncate from the middle, i.e. keep frames on both ends of the stacktrace, hopefully truncating only some of the recurring part but keeping the most important frames, see [relay](https://github.com/getsentry/relay/pull/3905/files)
- keep 500 frames from both ends of the stacktrace, i.e. 1000 total frames to be compatible with relay potentially bumping their limit

NOTE: there is a risk of running out of sync with relays implementation / truncation numbers

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