Version 1.24.0/0.45b0

[github-actions[bot]]

• Make create_gauge non-abstract method (#3817)
• Make tracer.start_as_current_span() decorator work with async functions (#3633)
• Fix python 3.12 deprecation warning (#3751)
• bump mypy to 0.982 (#3776)
• Add support for OTEL_SDK_DISABLED environment variable (#3648)
• Fix ValueError message for PeriodicExportingMetricsReader (#3769)
• Use BaseException instead of Exception in record_exception (#3354)
• Make span.record_exception more robust (#3778)
• Fix license field in pyproject.toml files (#3803)

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