Makefiles are used to encapsulate the various tools in the toolchain:
make bootstrap # install dependencies
make test # test using different Python versions
make lint # use a linter to check formatNOTE: To publish, see the Release documentation.
For a general overview of Ligthstep Tracers, see Lightstep Tracers Spec.
This Tracer supports two transports:
- Protobuf/http (preferred).
- Thrift (least preferred).
Three propagation formats are supported:
- Custom Lightstep format (see the Lightstep Tracers Spec mentioned above).
- B3.
- Custom Binary format (very least preferred), based on protobuf.