Changing this would be a pretty problematic breaking change for consumers. We're heavily relying on this timestamp and if we get two different names from it depending on the client version that would require some adapting.
On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM 'Fabian Stäber' via Prometheus Developers < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Julien, tbh I wasn't aware of that table :) Thanks for > pointing me to it. > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 3:45 PM Julien Pivotto <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 04 Sep 14:20, 'Fabian Stäber' via Prometheus Developers wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Many Prometheus client libraries export a metric named >> > "start_time_seconds", which is the timestamp when the application was >> > started. >> > >> > However, according to https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/ the >> name >> > should be "start_timestamp_seconds". >> > >> > So, as the Java client will have breaking changes anyway, what do you >> think? >> > >> > * Rename to be compliant with our naming best practices? >> > * Keep the name consistent with other client libraries? >> >> >> We should follow: >> >> >> https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/writing_clientlibs/#process-metrics >> >> Regards >> >> > >> > Fabian >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Prometheus Developers" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAPX310j1ym7-uDzFix%2BhgqZNFWUExS7G3DO9-p4mRjJRMavfXQ%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> >> -- >> Julien Pivotto >> @roidelapluie >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAPX310hBLj%2B9c%2BNGGrxvEtDFR2JKw6oM-QRzbrGvPiv%2B3Mr28Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAPX310hBLj%2B9c%2BNGGrxvEtDFR2JKw6oM-QRzbrGvPiv%2B3Mr28Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAOx_-b4QujK-%2BqcmHVVdK%2BfW43NMZn8zZz6uHmifu1E%2Be6%2BgSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
