[chore] Prepare release v0.79.0

[opentelemetrybot]

The following commands were run to prepare this release:

• make chlog-update VERSION=v0.79.0
• make prepare-release GH=none PREVIOUS_VERSION=0.78.2 RELEASE_CANDIDATE=0.79.0 MODSET=beta

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Patch and project coverage have no change.

Comparison is base (371fc45) 90.82% compared to head (1ec419e) 90.82%.

Additional details and impacted files

@@           Coverage Diff           @@
##             main    #7819   +/-   ##
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  Coverage   90.82%   90.82%           
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  Files         296      296           
  Lines       14840    14840           
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  Hits        13478    13478           
  Misses       1087     1087           
  Partials      275      275           

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go	68.67% <ø> (ø)
cmd/otelcorecol/main.go	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)

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