[request] opentelemetry-cpp-contrib/?

[lesurp]

Package Name/Version

opentelemetry-cpp-contrib/?

Webpage

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib

Source code

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib

Description of the library/tool

Since we already have opentelemetry-cpp, adding the contrib (which provides e.g. instrumentation for logging libraries, spdlog or boost_log) repository would make sense.

The main problem I see so far is that this repository is a collection of rather independent tools, making the versioning somewhat difficult. We would either need support from the maintainers to maintain a global versioning scheme.

Another option would be to individually package the libraries, e.g. opentelemetry-cpp-contrib-instrumentation-spdlog. I think this option makes it easier down the road. Smaller packages, fewer dependencies, clearer versioning. Only problem is the number of packages, and their long names.

I'm currently only interested in the spdlog instrumentation, so I would be willing to contribute to this myself if we go the individual packages route.