Reading version inside code

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There is a problem with getting version of package inside code. Using directly package.json works fine for node but for web it will always raise an error. This is because build version and source will have a different path to package.json.
The solution done for core works fine

opentelemetry-js/packages/opentelemetry-core/scripts/version-update.js

Line 35 in b58ad10

const fs = require('fs');

I want to implement a script that will be generating the version for each of package to have consistency across all packages.

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@open-telemetry/javascript-approvers

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@draffensperger ^^

[mayurkale22]

I want to implement a script that will be generating the version for each of package to have consistency across all packages.

Quick question: why do you want to generate version for each package, AFAIK this is only needed for core package (which we already have)?

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We don't have now one reliable way of getting the version of certain plugin. We were discussing with @dyladan last week to have something reliable that could be similar across all packages for web and node.

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so basically the short answer would be one script that can be used for all packages

[dyladan]

@mayurkale22 the reason is because you could theoretically have a different version of core than of a plugin. The version that a plugin claims to be should not depend on another package. Right now packages are version locked together, but this may not always be the case.

[mayurkale22]

Makes sense, thanks for the explanation.