Implement OpenTracing compatibility shim

[fbogsany]

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[rdooley]

👋 I'm your huckleberry.

Self link https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/tree/master/opentracing_shim

[fbogsany]

The initial PR is #108 , however I don't believe @rdooley has time to continue with this and the PR likely needs significant updates to account for drift in the API. I've removed the assignment & opened this up to other folks who might like to help out.

[fbogsany]

Note also open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#768 adds clarity around requirements here.

[rdooley]

The initial PR is #108 , however I don't believe @rdooley has time to continue with this and the PR likely needs significant updates to account for drift in the API. I've removed the assignment & opened this up to other folks who might like to help out.

That is exactly correct. Thank you for removing my assignment.

[fbogsany]

Pushing this out until open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#768 is approved.

[johnnyshields]

@fbogsany What's the real-world justification for this? Who is only supporting OpenTracing but not OpenTelemetry?

[fbogsany]

A compatibility shim is required by the spec, although that requirement is implicit for now. There’s a tracking issue here: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#1174

[tessus]

@fbogsany I am a bit confused. This issue has been open since 2019 and it was labeled as good first issue. Then there was a PR, which you closed in favor of a new implementation, which did not exist and still does not exist.

Are you going to implement this, since it is a good first issue and also mentioned that this was a req by the spec?

[fbogsany]

The implementation was stale and the author was no longer working on it. He agreed we should close it. It is still something we'd like to have but no one is actively working on it.

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