From 1a82484e0ab1a98b183d3ba2525d2ef262ef5f92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Robert=20Paj=C4=85k?= <pellared@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 15:23:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate exporters/jaeger

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 7 +++++++
 exporters/jaeger/README.md | 6 ++++++
 exporters/jaeger/doc.go    | 6 ++++++
 exporters/jaeger/go.mod    | 5 +++++
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bf29bc4b0c..fd9a3b26d4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Do not append _total if the counter already ends in total `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporter/prometheus`. (#4373)
 - Fix resource detection data race in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource`. (#4409)
 
+### Deprecated
+
+- The `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger` package is deprecated.
+  OpenTelemetry dropped support for Jaeger exporter in July 2023.
+  Use `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp`
+  or `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc` instead. (#TODO)
+
 ## [1.16.0/0.39.0] 2023-05-18
 
 This release contains the first stable release of the OpenTelemetry Go [metric API].
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/README.md b/exporters/jaeger/README.md
index 19060ba4fd2..439bf79a90f 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/README.md
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger)
 
+> **Deprecated:** This module is no longer supported.
+> OpenTelemetry dropped support for Jaeger exporter in July 2023.
+> Jaeger officially accepts and recommends using OTLP.
+> Use [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp)
+> or [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc) instead.
+
 [OpenTelemetry span exporter for Jaeger](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/v1.20.0/specification/trace/sdk_exporters/jaeger.md) implementation.
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/doc.go b/exporters/jaeger/doc.go
index 0d7ba867642..a7359654110 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/doc.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/doc.go
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 // Package jaeger contains an OpenTelemetry tracing exporter for Jaeger.
+//
+// Deprecated: This module is no longer supported.
+// OpenTelemetry dropped support for Jaeger exporter in July 2023.
+// Jaeger officially accepts and recommends using OTLP.
+// Use [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp]
+// or [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc] instead.
 package jaeger // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/go.mod b/exporters/jaeger/go.mod
index 6e716a24da0..cef7005a963 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// Deprecated: This module is no longer supported.
+// OpenTelemetry dropped support for Jaeger exporter in July 2023.
+// Jaeger officially accepts and recommends using OTLP.
+// Use [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp]
+// or [go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc] instead.
 module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger
 
 go 1.19