- Removed numerous deprecated pdata functions and interfaces, altering signatures (e.g., ptrace.Span[Link]?.TraceState) causing breaking changes;
- Introduced multiple deprecations, moving featuregate package, renaming metric/log/trace OTLP clients to GRPC variants, and consolidating Value getter/setter names without the 'Val' suffix;
- Added new primitive slice helpers (AppendEmpty, EnsureCapacity), exposed AsRaw/FromRaw for pcommon.Value, improved logging exporter handling of byte values, and made telemetryInitializer instance‑specific.
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