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Motivation

Prepare the stdout log exporter for its first stable release following the exporter-specific compliance audits and follow-up work.

Fixes #9120.

Changes

• Move go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog from experimental-logs to stable-v1 in versions.yaml.
• Add a changelog entry stating that the project stability guarantees apply to the module's public API and linking the versioning policy.
• Clarify that the exporter output format may still change, as documented in the package documentation.

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 89.8%. Comparing base (dfb660c) to head (aec0355).

Additional details and impacted files

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🟢 Approval recommended

No active review issues are recorded for the release metadata and documentation changes that stabilize the stdout log exporter.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

Prepares the stdout log exporter for its first stable release, following the exporter-specific compliance work tracked in #9120.

Changes:

• Moves stdoutlog from the experimental-logs module set to stable-v1.
• Announces public API stability guarantees and links the versioning policy.
• Clarifies that the exporter’s output format may still change.

No issues identified in the reviewed changes. Tests were not run; changes are limited to release metadata and documentation.

File	Description
versions.yaml	Assigns stdoutlog to the stable release module set.
CHANGELOG.md	Announces stabilization and distinguishes API guarantees from output-format stability.

_{Review effort: Balanced}