Release 1.42.0 (open-telemetry#4410)

February 2025 Release.

- Deprecate `exception.escaped` attribute, add link to in-development
semantic-conventions
  on how to record errors across signals.

([open-telemetry#4368](open-telemetry#4368))
- Define randomness value requirements for W3C Trace Context Level 2.

([open-telemetry#4162](open-telemetry#4162))

- Define how SDK implements `Logger.Enabled`.

([open-telemetry#4381](open-telemetry#4381))
- Logs API should have functionality for reusing Standard Attributes.

([open-telemetry#4373](open-telemetry#4373))

- Define syntax for escaping declarative configuration environment
variable
  references.

([open-telemetry#4375](open-telemetry#4375))
- Resolve various declarative config TODOs.

([open-telemetry#4394](open-telemetry#4394))

Author: carlosalberto

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ release.
 
 ### Traces
 
-- Clarify STDOUT exporter format is unspecified.
-   ([#4418](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/4418))
-
 ### Metrics
 
 - Clarify STDOUT exporter format is unspecified.