linkerd / linkerd/linkerd2

Rename jaeger to something not impl specific

Open
#7,022 1 comment 3 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

help wanted
Dominant language
Go
Stars
11.5k
Forks
1.4k
Avg merge
3d 22h
Merged PRs (30d)
53

Description

## Suggestion

Not really a bug report or a feature request. Naming things is hard.

### What is the issue?
The linkerd `jaeger` extension provides integration for OpenTelemetry. It is now possible to configure `jaeger` without `jaeger` at all. Consider a rename to something more appropriate.

### Possible solution
I would suggest something like `tracing` or `apm` or `telemetry`.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Linkerd jaeger extension and all references to its current name, then review how its OpenTelemetry integration is configured. Decide on an appropriate implementation-independent name and update the affected references consistently; done means the extension no longer depends on the jaeger name.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.