Deprecate unnecessary type StatusFunc (#9146)

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Drutu <bogdandrutu@gmail.com>

.chloggen/depstatusfunc.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: 'deprecation'
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: component
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Deprecate unnecessary type StatusFunc
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [9146]
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]

component/status.go

@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ func NewFatalErrorEvent(err error) *StatusEvent {
 	return ev
 }
 
-// StatusFunc is the expected type of ReportComponentStatus for component.TelemetrySettings
-type StatusFunc func(*StatusEvent) error
+// Deprecated: [v0.92.0] use directly func(*StatusEvent) error.
+type StatusFunc = func(*StatusEvent) error
 
 // AggregateStatus will derive a status for the given input using the following rules in order:
 //  1. If all instances have the same status, there is nothing to aggregate, return it.

component/telemetry.go

@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ type TelemetrySettings struct {
 	//   - Calling this method before component startup
 	//
 	// If the API is being used properly, these errors are safe to ignore.
-	ReportComponentStatus StatusFunc
+	ReportComponentStatus func(*StatusEvent) error
 }

service/internal/status/status.go

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (r *Reporter) componentFSM(id *component.InstanceID) *fsm {
 func NewComponentStatusFunc(
 	id *component.InstanceID,
 	srvStatus ServiceStatusFunc,
-) component.StatusFunc {
+) func(*component.StatusEvent) error {
 	return func(ev *component.StatusEvent) error {
 		return srvStatus(id, ev)
 	}