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From: Carlos Alberto Cortez <calberto.cortez@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:29:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about OTEPs moving to the Specification. (#268)
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Co-authored-by: Trask Stalnaker <trask.stalnaker@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Robert Pająk <pellared@hotmail.com>
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+> [!WARNING]  
+> OTEPs have been moved to the [Specification](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/main/oteps/)
+> repository. This repository has been preserved for reference purposes.
+> Please otherwise refer to the Specification.
+
 ## Evolving OpenTelemetry at the speed of Markdown
 
 OpenTelemetry uses an "OTEP" (similar to a RFC) process for proposing changes to the [OpenTelemetry specification](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification).