Aaron Abbott

@jesumyip thanks for reporting this, would you mind submitting a PR?

@xrmx I think since [`NonRecordingSpan` extends](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/blob/main/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py#L513) the API Span, this change would always pass. I could ofc make it verify the span context is not empty/invalid. That said, is there...

> Said that probably running just pytest after installing the test requirements is not working already so no big deal. Ya I think Diego's comment is right, since it's in...

> The [specification](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/7145a5d2ae302070033c2088a2416812edb7f878/specification/configuration/sdk-environment-variables.md#periodic-exporting-metricreader) defines that `PeriodicExporingMetricReader`s that are auto-paired with an exporter can be configured via environment variables. Does the spec actually say anything about this only applying when auto-paired?...

What version of node are you using? We don't currently have prebuilt binaries of pprof-nodejs for newer versions of node https://github.com/google/pprof-nodejs/issues/170. You can definitely build your own binaries, not too...

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/2933 was auto closed. I think there were a few outstanding issues but where do we stand overall on this approach? Do we still need this?

This could be an alternate solution https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/214 to avoid backward compatibility issues when fields are removed.

To refocus this conversation, the goal of this issue is to mark opentelemetry-semantic-conventions PyPI package as stable with no expectation of every having a major version bump. The benefits are:...

Hey folks, I'm taking over https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3040 to try to get this fixed ASAP for the next release. I'd like to get a read of the room so we can decide...

#3070 keeps compatibility with Protobuf 3 and 4. I'll open an issue for considering dropping protobuf 3 but we'll support both for now.