The major goals of OpenTelemetry 1.2.0 are:

• Support .NET 6.
• Add Metrics signal support.

There are 2 external dependencies:

1. Stable release of System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource (Expected Nov 09 2021) - Completed - https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource/6.0.0
2. Otel Metric spec marked Stable. (Expected Nov 30 2021) - https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/projects/9
   No ETA yet on when will the spec be stable: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#2150

Update on Mar 22 2022
Most recent spec PR: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#2304
Spec for Metric SDK is marked stable on 03/22/2022.

Update on Mar 30 2022
rc-4 was released. Expecting another release candidate followed by stable.

Update on Apr 12 2022
rc-5 was released. Expecting to release stable on April 15th