Exposition format: Clearly specify the case of empty MetricFamilies
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Description
There is unclarity about the handling of empty MetricFamilies. See https://github.com/prometheus/common/issues/50 for discussion.
This issue is about the decision if it should be allowed or not, and then about the documentation of the behavior.
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
Start by reading the discussion in prometheus/common#50, then determine whether empty MetricFamilies should be allowed. Once that behavior is decided, identify the relevant documentation location and update it so the handling is explicit and unambiguous.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100