Release v1.17.0-rc.1/v0.42.0-rc.1/v0.11.0-rc.1

What's Changed

Changed

• Upgrade dependencies of OpenTelemetry Go to use the new v1.16.0-rc.1/v0.39.0-rc.1 release.
• Remove semver: prefix from instrumentation version. (#3681, #3798)

Deprecated

• SemVersion functions in instrumentation packages are deprecated, use Version instead. (#3681, #3798)

New Contributors

• @9bany made their first contribution in #3798

Full Changelog: v1.16.1...v1.17.0-rc.1