Release v1.16.0 (Stable Metric API) Checklist

[MrAlias]

• Complete Milestone
• Update contrib codebase to support changes about to be released (use a git sha version)
• Pre-release
  • Release v1.16.0/v0.39.0 -- Stable Metric API #4100
• Tag
• Release
• Check examples
• Sync with Contrib
  • Release v1.17.0/v0.42.0/v0.11.0 opentelemetry-go-contrib#3874
• Release contrib
• Sync website docs
• Close the milestone

[MrAlias]

done

[JobberRT]

Sorry if it's not the right place to comment:

1. website-doc Status and Releases part, the metrics api is still Beta when Readme has updated to Stable
2. will metrics api have a full example that has a full progress from SetXXXProvider to NewXXXExporter like website-doc Getting Started example?

[MrAlias]

1. website-doc Status and Releases part, the metrics api is still Beta when Readme has updated to Stable

The SDK has not been released as stable yet. Since there is not distinction in that table to make this point I think leaving it as it is is best.

will metrics api have a full example that has a full progress from SetXXXProvider to NewXXXExporter like website-doc Getting Started example?

That sounds reasonable. Please create a new separate issue for the request so we can track that work there.