opentelemetry-docker-tests: add declarative config end-to-end tests

[herin049]

Description

This PR adds a full set of end-to-end tests for declarative configuration. Each scenario runs an app under opentelemetry-instrument, sends its telemetry through a real OpenTelemetry Collector into an in-process OTLP sink and validates the

The following scenario fails because of an existing SDK bug:

• metric_views_aggregations: with record_min_max: false, histogram min/max are exported as +/- inf instead of being omitted.

Fixes #5318

Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

How Has This Been Tested?

uv run tox -e docker-tests-declconfig

Does This PR Require a Contrib Repo Change?

• Yes. - Link to PR:
• No.

Checklist:

• Followed the style guidelines of this project
• Changelogs have been updated
• Unit tests have been added
• Documentation has been updated

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