Release instrumentation packages 1.7.1/1.7.0-beta.1

[Kielek]

Changes

Request release for all instrumentation packages. It is especially needed for AspNetCore for AutoInstrumentation due to #5252.
Changes in other packages are also worth to release. The only package with only minor fix is HTTP.

Before merge please check if csproj files for SqlClient and GrpcNetClient shouldn't be updated. In these files there is no definition of MinVerTagPrefix.

Merge requirement checklist

• CONTRIBUTING guidelines followed (license requirements, nullable enabled, static analysis, etc.)
• Unit tests added/updated
• Appropriate CHANGELOG.md files updated for non-trivial changes
• Changes in public API reviewed (if applicable)

[cijothomas]

I think version is now aligned with the core api/sdk/exporter packages now.. so do a combined release?

[Kielek]

I think version is now aligned with the core api/sdk/exporter packages now.. so do a combined release?

SqlClient and Grpc was not released with 1.7.0 version. If we speaking about Http and AspNetCore package, the releasing process is currently designed to have it separated from SDK/API.

If we consider changes described in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/blob/752778270def63bc710f286856cc9ffe48e7bf39/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md#unreleased - it should not be released as 1.7.1 (sem conv). It brings new functionalities, so natural candidate is 1.8.0. I am not against this, but I am not sure if it is worth to do. Possibility to make semi-independent release seems to be reasonable (sync only major + minor version).

[utpilla]

This has no mention of #5252

[alanwest]

Unless I'm mistaken, there's really nothing of note in #5252 that is user facing.

[utpilla]

In the CHANGELOGs, we have previously mentioned stuff that is not user facing but is a significant enough change. From this PR description, it looks like #5252 is the major driver for the new release. I think that it would be useful information for us or the instrumentation folks to look at in the CHANGELOG.

[utpilla]

Left a comment about updating the CHANGELOG.

[alanwest]

@utpilla merging, but will follow up on #5322 (comment) if you think there's something we should communicate.