changelog + lint

Signed-off-by: Alex Boten <223565+codeboten@users.noreply.github.com>

.chloggen/codeboten_stability-metrics.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: mdatagen
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add stability field to telemetry metrics, allowing the generated description to include a stability string.
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11160]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []

cmd/mdatagen/loader.go

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ type stability struct {
 }
 
 func (s stability) String() string {
-	if len(s.Level) == 0 || strings.ToLower(s.Level) == strings.ToLower(component.StabilityLevelStable.String()) {
+	if len(s.Level) == 0 || strings.EqualFold(s.Level, component.StabilityLevelStable.String()) {
 		return ""
 	}
 	if len(s.From) > 0 {