OpenTracing and OpenCensus are merging into OpenTelemetry

https://medium.com/opentracing/a-roadmap-to-convergence-b074e5815289

by manigandham • 7 years ago

48 6 7 years ago

I've used OpenTracing before with good results. Though at the time, 3rd party support (like DataDog etc.) was lacking, and we didn't really want to host our own Jaeger install.

I didn't know OpenCensus was a thing, but I hope this merger means that adoption spreads. A lot of cloud providers provide their own tracing, and it would be nice if they were all compatible.

tedsuo2• 7 years ago

Hi all! Author here; happy to answer any questions about the OpenTelemetry merger.

nvartolomei• 7 years ago

I don’t see C++ support mentioned, any particular reason it is ignored?

tedsuo2• 7 years ago

It's getting started soon: https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/master/comm...

We have a very performant prototype!

One usde case I am excited about: taking the OpenTelemetry C++ SDK, and binding it to the OpenTelemetry interfaces in other languages, such as Ruby and Python.

Some runtimes may see a performance boost by running the observability code independently from the GIL, GC, etc.

manigandham• 7 years ago

Might have been better to just stick with OpenCensus as the name and retire OpenTracing.

Ramiro• 7 years ago

This is great news! I do hope they had kept the Open Tracing name though, instead of introducing a 3rd name to the mix.

OpenTracing and OpenCensus are merging into OpenTelemetry

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