Update README for 0.6.0 release
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Libraries that produce telemetry data should only depend on `opentelemetry-api`,
and defer the choice of the SDK to the application developer. Applications may
depend on `opentelemetry-sdk` or another package that implements the API.
-**Please note** that this library is currently in _alpha_, and shouldn't be
-used in production environments.
+**Please note** that this library is currently in _beta_, and shouldn't
+generally be used in production environments.
The API and SDK packages are available on PyPI, and can installed via `pip`:
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ OpenTelemetry Python is under active development.
The library is not yet _generally available_, and releases aren't guaranteed to
conform to a specific version of the specification. Future releases will not
attempt to maintain backwards compatibility with previous releases. Each alpha
-release includes significant changes to the API and SDK packages, making them
-incompatible with each other.
+and beta release includes significant changes to the API and SDK packages,
+making them incompatible with each other.
The [v0.1 alpha
release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.1.0)
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ includes:
- PyMongo Integration
The [v0.4 alpha
-release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.4.0) release includes:
+release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.4.0)
+includes:
- Metrics MinMaxSumCount Aggregator
- Context API
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.
- New Examples and Improvements to Existing Examples
The [v0.5 beta
-release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.5.0) release includes:
+release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.5.0)
+includes:
- W3C Correlation Context Propagation
- OpenTelemetry Collector Exporter Integration for both metrics and traces
@@ -145,15 +147,15 @@ release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.
- Global configuration module
- Documentation improvements
-See the [project
-milestones](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/milestones)
-for details on upcoming releases. The dates and features described here are
-estimates, and subject to change.
+The [v0.6 beta
+release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.6.0)
+includes:
-Future releases targets include:
+- API changes and bugfixes
+- An autoinstrumentation package and updated Flask instrumentation
+- gRPC integration
-| Component | Version | Target Date |
-| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ------------- |
-| Stable API for metrics and tracing | Beta v2 | March 31 2020 |
-| Support for Tags/Baggage | Beta v2 | March 31 2020 |
-| gRPC Integration | Beta v2 | March 31 2020 |
+See the [project
+milestones](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/milestones)
+for details on upcoming releases. The dates and features described in issues
+and milestones are estimates, and subject to change.
