open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp
[REMOVAL] Remove WITH_OTLP_RETRY_PREVIEW - On hold 2026-10-01
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Description
Remove CMake flag WITH_OTLP_RETRY_PREVIEW.
Planned for October 1st, 2026.
See deprecation announcement:
- #3953
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Search the repository's CMake configuration for WITH_OTLP_RETRY_PREVIEW and read the deprecation announcement in issue #3953 first. Remove the flag and its references, then run the relevant CMake configuration or build checks to confirm the project still configures successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, cpp
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100