open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp

Move ETW exporter from opentelelemetry-cpp to opentelemetry-cpp-contrib

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Description

As per the specs only Zipkin, OTLP and Jaeger exporter belong to core repo. Rest of the exporters should be contributed to contrib repo.
Accordingly, ETW exporter should be moved to opentelemetry-cpp-contrib repo.

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 reviewing the exporter compliance matrix in the linked OpenTelemetry specification and locating the ETW exporter in opentelemetry-cpp. Compare the target exporters directory in opentelemetry-cpp-contrib, then verify that the ETW exporter and its related build and test coverage are moved without remaining core-repository dependencies.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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