Remove the primary exporter/receiver components, update references an…

…d documentation (#230)

The Exporter and Receiver components are now included in the
Collector-Contrib release (components in v0.102.0) and the released
Docker images (as of v0.105.0).

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ definition and Golang libraries for producing and consuming streams of
 data in this format.
 
 Exporter and receiver components for the [OpenTelemetry
-Collector][OTCDOCS] were developed in parallel and are currently
-maintained in this repository.
+Collector][OTCDOCS] were developed in parallel, maintained in this
+repository through release v0.24.0, and now they are included in 
+release of the OpenTelemetry Collector-Contrib repository.
 
 - [Exporter][EXPORTER]: Send telemetry data using OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow
 - [Receiver][RECEIVER]: Receive telemetry data using OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow.
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ the easiest way to upgrade this repository is:
 [OTCDOCS]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/
 [OTCGH]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 [OACGH]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/otel-arrow-collector
-[EXPORTER]: ./collector/exporter/otelarrowexporter/README.md
-[RECEIVER]: ./collector/receiver/otelarrowreceiver/README.md
+[EXPORTER]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/exporter/otelarrowexporter/README.md
+[RECEIVER]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/receiver/otelarrowreceiver/README.md
 [DONATION]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/issues/1332
 [DEVPROCESS]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/otel-arrow-collector/issues/48
 [OTLPRECEIVER]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/receiver/otlpreceiver

Makefile

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ endif
 BUILDER = builder
 .PHONY: $(BUILDER)
 builder:
-	$(GOCMD) install go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/builder@v0.102.1
+	$(GOCMD) install go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/builder@v0.105.0
 
 .PHONY: genotelarrowcol
 genotelarrowcol: builder

README.md

@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ workloads.
 We are pleased to release two new collector components, presently
 housed in this this repository.
 
-- [OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow Receiver](./collector/receiver/otelarrowreceiver/README.md)
-- [OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow Exporter](./collector/exporter/otelarrowexporter/README.md)
+- [OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow Receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/receiver/otelarrowreceiver/README.md)
+- [OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow Exporter](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/exporter/otelarrowexporter/README.md)
 
 We are working with the maintainers of the [OpenTelemetry
 Collector-Contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib)

collector/README.md

@@ -11,20 +11,8 @@ The primary components are:
 
 ## Building and distributing these components
 
-We are aware that building and distributing OpenTelemetry collectors
-is not a simple task and have prepared dedicated instructions for
-building and testing the components in this repository.
-
-[Instructions for building an OpenTelemetry Collector with support for
-OpenTelemetry Protocol with Apache Arrow.][BUILDING]
-
-After you have built a collector using one of the documented methods,
-see the [examples][EXAMPLES].
-
-[We would prefer to include these components in the OpenTelemetry
-Contrib Collector, because it is an officially maintained artifact.
-At this time, however, these components are new and the migration
-process will take some time to complete.][CONTRIBUTION]
+The exporter and receiver components are included in the official
+OpenTelemetry Collector-Contrib release images since v0.105.0.
 
 ## Components included in this repository
 
@@ -71,11 +59,6 @@ From the core collector repository:
 - [otelhttpexporter][UPSTREAMHTTPOTLP]:  Useful for debugging, sends standard OTLP over HTTP
 - [debugexporter][UPSTREAMDEBUG]:   Useful for debugging, prints OTLP data to the console
 
-Also, the build includes a synthetic telemetry data generator:
-
-- [generator][GENERATOR]: Produces synthetic telemetry data.
-
-
 [BUILDING]: ./BUILDING.md
 [EXPORTER]: ./exporter/otelarrowexporter/README.md
 [RECEIVER]: ./receiver/otelarrowreceiver/README.md
@@ -93,5 +76,4 @@ Also, the build includes a synthetic telemetry data generator:
 [PPROFEXT]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/extension/pprofextension/README.md
 [UPSTREAMHTTPOTLP]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/otlphttpexporter/README.md
 [UPSTREAMDEBUG]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/debugexporter/README.md
-[GENERATOR]: https://github.com/lightstep/telemetry-generator/blob/main/README.md
 [EXAMPLES]: ./examples/README.md