open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java

Please document the matching versions of agent, collector, and sdk

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Since it is a bit tedious to dig through the source code to find the version of opentelemetry-proto, and to link that to the correct opentelemetry-collector, and the correct opentelemetry-javaagent , which both have different versions: is there a list detailing the relationships ?

Which versions of the agent need to be used with which versions of

  1. collector, and
  2. e.g. the java sdk

Describe the solution you'd like
A table which the matching versions, either specific versions or version ranges.

Describe alternatives you've considered
A BOM seems suboptimal, since the collector is e.g. deployed via rpm as a standalong tool, the java agent is a file on the host system, and the library is most often deployed via e.g. maven.

Additional context
Suggested in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/discussions/6802#discussioncomment-11830428

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the issue's request and the linked OpenTelemetry Java discussion, then inspect the referenced source versions for opentelemetry-proto, the collector, the Java agent, and the Java SDK. Define the supported version relationships and present them in a maintainable table, with the documented ranges or specific versions serving as the completion check.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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