chore(vrl): Bump VRL and implement category for functions (vectordotd…

…ev#24653)

chore(releasing): prepare v0.53.0 release (vectordotdev#24554)

* fix(opentelemetry source): count individual items in OTLP batches for component_received_events_total metric (vectordotdev#24537)

* fix(opentelemetry source): count individual items in OTLP batches for component_received_events_total metric

* Format

* chore(vdev): apply vdev rust check fixes

* Make count_otlp_items common

* Simplify count_from_events

* chore(releasing): Pinned VRL version to 0.30.0

* chore(releasing): Generated release CUE file

* chore(releasing): Updated website/cue/reference/administration/interfaces/kubectl.cue vector version to 0.53.0

* chore(releasing): Updated distribution/install.sh vector version to 0.53.0

* chore(releasing): Add 0.53.0 to versions.cue

* chore(releasing): Created release md file

* Add description w/ breaking changes

* Add missing doris.md file

* Changes to release description

* Add last commit

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Bryce Eadie <bryce.eadie@datadoghq.com>

* Apply suggestions from code review

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Co-authored-by: Bryce Eadie <bryce.eadie@datadoghq.com>

chore(releasing): prepare v0.52.0 release (vectordotdev#24367)

* chore(releasing): Pinned VRL version to 0.29.0

* chore(releasing): Generated release CUE file

* chore(releasing): Updated website/cue/reference/administration/interfaces/kubectl.cue vector version to 0.52.0

* chore(releasing): Updated distribution/install.sh vector version to 0.52.0

* chore(releasing): Add 0.52.0 to versions.cue

* chore(releasing): Created release md file

* Fix date

* Fix whitespace

* Add release highlights

* Add http_client changes + missing shas to the changelog

chore(releasing): prepare v0.49.0 release (vectordotdev#23563)

* chore(releasing): Pinned VRL version to 0.26.0

* chore(releasing): Generated release CUE file

* chore(releasing): Updated website/cue/reference/administration/interfaces/kubectl.cue vector version to 0.49.0

* chore(releasing): Updated distribution/install.sh vector version to 0.49.0

* chore(releasing): Add 0.49.0 to versions.cue

* chore(releasing): Created release md file

* Apply suggestions from code review

* edit

* added description

* authors

* add upgrade guide wip

* upgrade guide changes

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Pavlos Rontidis <pavlos.rontidis@gmail.com>

* improve breaking guide

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Co-authored-by: Thomas <thomas.schneider@datadoghq.com>