OM2: Discontinue OM Proto; specify PrometheusProto#2836
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LGTM, let's see dev summit response
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FYI: Taken from historical, yet still up-to-date Matt P. document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZjyKiKxZV83VI9ZKAXRGKaUKK2BIWCT7oiGBKDBpjEY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.enginc5vuf3z
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| Ingestors SHOULD prioritize scraping Prometheus Proto for the future feature compatibility. This is not true for | ||
| Prometheus 3.0, which for backward compatibility prefers OpenMetrics 1.0 unless | ||
| * Manually changed in `scrape_protocols` setting |
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What does "Ingestors" mean in this context ? If it's a program, then it's weird because then we say that Prometheus 3.0 doesn't do this. If it's a person, then why should they care? I'd say instead
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| Ingestors SHOULD prioritize scraping Prometheus Proto for the future feature compatibility. This is not true for | |
| Prometheus 3.0, which for backward compatibility prefers OpenMetrics 1.0 unless | |
| * Manually changed in `scrape_protocols` setting | |
| Prometheus 3.0 will prioritize Prometheus Proto automatically when certain features are enabled, because some features are only supported with Prometheus Proto. |
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Maybe also refer to "When to use Proto over Text?" section
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Fixes prometheus/OpenMetrics#296
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Proposed this to be a discussion on DevSummit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uurQCi5iVufhYHGlBZ8mJMK_freDFKPG0iYBQqJ9fvA/edit?tab=t.0#bookmark=id.8x3p3zrx8mfu