Prom compat: allow disabling the addition of _total suffixes on prome…

…theus counters

specification/compatibility/prometheus_and_openmetrics.md

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ An [OpenTelemetry Gauge](../metrics/data-model.md#gauge) MUST be converted to a
   - The new data point's start time must match the time of the accumulated data point. If not, see [detecting alignment issues](../metrics/data-model.md#sums-detecting-alignment-issues).
 - Otherwise, it MUST be dropped.
 
-If the metric name for monotonic Sum metric points does not end in a suffix of `_total` a suffix of `_total` MUST be added, otherwise the name MUST remain unchanged.
+If the metric name for monotonic Sum metric points does not end in a suffix of `_total` a suffix of `_total` MUST be added by default, otherwise the name MUST remain unchanged. Exporters SHOULD provide a configuration option to disable the addition of total suffixes.
 Monotonic Sum metric points with `StartTimeUnixNano` should export the `{name}_created` metric as well.
 
 ### Histograms