Clean up package version definitions using Directory.Packages.props (#4298)

Co-authored-by: Alan West <3676547+alanwest@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Cijo Thomas <cijo.thomas@gmail.com>

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<Project>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- prod packages -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="[3.19.4,4.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Grpc" Version="[2.44.0,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.Net.Client" Version="[2.43.0,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="[2.44.0,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.1,6.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features" Version="[2.1.1,6.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PublicApiAnalyzers" Version="[3.3.3]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeCoverage" Version="[17.4.1]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="[2.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="[1.0.3,2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="[1.1.1,2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="MinVer" Version="[4.2.0,5.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTracing" Version="[0.12.1,0.13)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="[1.2.0-beta.435,2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight" Version="4.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="4.7.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="4.7.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.5.4" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- non-prod packages -->
+  <!-- 'net7.0' is the default `TargetFramework`. Use `VersionOverride` in the project to override the package versions from a different `TargetFramework` -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="[0.13.3,0.14)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="[2.9.1,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="dotnet-xunit" Version="[2.3.1,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.AspNetCore" Version="[2.50.0,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" Version="[2.48.0, 3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="7.0.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="2.1.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="6.0.0-beta.21308.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="[3.1.6,5.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="3.1.20" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="[6.0.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="[17.4.1]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="[4.18.3,5.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="[1.0.0,2.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="[6.4.0,7.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="[6.4.0]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Testcontainers.MsSql" Version="3.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Testcontainers.SqlEdge" Version="3.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="[2.4.2,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="[2.4.5,3.0)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>

NuGet.config

@@ -8,5 +8,18 @@
     -->
     <add key=".Net Core Tools" value="https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet-eng/nuget/v3/index.json" />
   </packageSources>
+
+  <!-- Define mappings by adding package patterns beneath the target source. -->
+  <!-- *.Tools packages will be restored from ".Net Core Tools", everything else from nuget.org. -->
+  <packageSourceMapping>
+    <!-- key value for <packageSource> should match key values from <packageSources> element -->
+    <packageSource key="NuGet">
+      <package pattern="*" />
+    </packageSource>
+    <packageSource key=".Net Core Tools">
+      <package pattern="*.ApiCompat" />
+    </packageSource>
+  </packageSourceMapping>
+
   <disabledPackageSources />
 </configuration>

OpenTelemetry.sln

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		OpenTelemetry.proj = OpenTelemetry.proj
 		README.md = README.md
 		VERSIONING.md = VERSIONING.md
+		Directory.Packages.props = Directory.Packages.props
+		test\Directory.Packages.props = test\Directory.Packages.props
+		examples\Directory.Packages.props = examples\Directory.Packages.props
+		docs\Directory.Packages.props = docs\Directory.Packages.props
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "build", "build", "{7CB2F02E-03FA-4FFF-89A5-C51F107623FD}"

build/Common.nonprod.props

@@ -25,32 +25,6 @@
     <ProduceReferenceAssemblyInOutDir>true</ProduceReferenceAssemblyInOutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Package versions used by test and example projects">
-    <!--
-      Please sort alphabetically.
-      Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/nuget/concepts/package-versioning for semver syntax.
-    -->
-    <BenchmarkDotNetPkgVer>[0.13.5,0.14)</BenchmarkDotNetPkgVer>
-    <CommandLineParserPkgVer>[2.9.1,3.0)</CommandLineParserPkgVer>
-    <DotNetXUnitCliVer>[2.3.1,3.0)</DotNetXUnitCliVer>
-    <GoogleProtobufPkgVer>[3.19.4,4.0)</GoogleProtobufPkgVer>
-    <GrpcAspNetCorePkgVer>[2.50.0,3.0)</GrpcAspNetCorePkgVer>
-    <GrpcAspNetCoreServerPkgVer>[2.48.0, 3.0)</GrpcAspNetCoreServerPkgVer>
-    <GrpcToolsPkgVer>[2.48.0,3.0)</GrpcToolsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsHostingPkgVer>[3.1.6,5.0)</MicrosoftExtensionsHostingPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer>[6.0.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPkgVer>[6.0.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftNETTestSdkPkgVer>[17.4.1]</MicrosoftNETTestSdkPkgVer>
-    <MoqPkgVer>[4.18.3,5.0)</MoqPkgVer>
-    <TestcontainersPkgVer>3.0.0</TestcontainersPkgVer>
-    <RabbitMQClientPkgVer>[6.4.0,7.0)</RabbitMQClientPkgVer>
-    <RuntimeInstrumentationPkgVer>[1.0.0,2.0)</RuntimeInstrumentationPkgVer>
-    <SwashbuckleAspNetCorePkgVer>[6.4.0]</SwashbuckleAspNetCorePkgVer>
-    <SystemTextJsonPkgVer>6.0.5</SystemTextJsonPkgVer>
-    <XUnitRunnerVisualStudioPkgVer>[2.4.5,3.0)</XUnitRunnerVisualStudioPkgVer>
-    <XUnitPkgVer>[2.4.2,3.0)</XUnitPkgVer>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Service Include="{82A7F48D-3B50-4B1E-B82E-3ADA8210C358}" />
   </ItemGroup>

build/Common.prod.props

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <Import Project=".\Common.props" />
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="$(MinVerPkgVer)" Condition="'$(IntegrationBuild)' != 'true'">
+    <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Condition="'$(IntegrationBuild)' != 'true'">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PublicApiAnalyzers" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersPkgVer)" Condition=" $(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PublicApiAnalyzers" Condition=" $(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">
       <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(MinVerTagPrefix)' == 'core-' AND '$(CheckAPICompatibility)' == 'true' AND '$(RunApiCompat)' == 'true'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" Version="6.0.0-beta.21308.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ApiCompat" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <ResolvedMatchingContract Include="$(RepoRoot)\build\LastMajorVersionBinaries\$(AssemblyName)\$(OTelPreviousStableVer)\lib\$(TargetFramework)\$(AssemblyName).dll" />
   </ItemGroup>
 

build/Common.props

@@ -26,33 +26,10 @@
       Please sort alphabetically.
       Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/nuget/concepts/package-versioning for semver syntax.
     -->
-    <MinVerPkgVer>[4.2.0,5.0)</MinVerPkgVer>
-    <GoogleProtobufPkgVer>[3.19.4,4.0)</GoogleProtobufPkgVer>
-    <GrpcPkgVer>[2.44.0,3.0)</GrpcPkgVer>
-    <GrpcNetClientPkgVer>[2.43.0,3.0)</GrpcNetClientPkgVer>
-    <GrpcToolsPkgVer>[2.44.0,3.0)</GrpcToolsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpAbstractionsPkgVer>[2.1.1,6.0)</MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpAbstractionsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpFeaturesPkgVer>[2.1.1,6.0)</MicrosoftAspNetCoreHttpFeaturesPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersPkgVer>[3.3.3]</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersPkgVer>
     <MicrosoftCodeCoveragePkgVer>[17.4.1]</MicrosoftCodeCoveragePkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPkgVer>[3.1.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionAbstractionsPkgVer>$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionPkgVer)</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionAbstractionsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsHostingAbstractionsPkgVer>[2.1.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsHostingAbstractionsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer>[3.1.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConfigurationPkgVer>$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingConfigurationPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPkgVer>[3.1.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftNETFrameworkReferenceAssembliesPkgVer>[1.0.3,2.0)</MicrosoftNETFrameworkReferenceAssembliesPkgVer>
-    <MicrosoftSourceLinkGitHubPkgVer>[1.1.1,2.0)</MicrosoftSourceLinkGitHubPkgVer>
-    <OpenTracingPkgVer>[0.12.1,0.13)</OpenTracingPkgVer>
     <OTelPreviousStableVer>1.4.0</OTelPreviousStableVer>
     <SerilogPkgVer>[2.8.0,3.0)</SerilogPkgVer>
-    <StyleCopAnalyzersPkgVer>[1.2.0-beta.435,2.0)</StyleCopAnalyzersPkgVer>
     <SystemCollectionsImmutablePkgVer>1.4.0</SystemCollectionsImmutablePkgVer>
-    <SystemDiagnosticSourcePkgVer>7.0.0</SystemDiagnosticSourcePkgVer>
-    <SystemReflectionEmitLightweightPkgVer>4.7.0</SystemReflectionEmitLightweightPkgVer>
-    <SystemTextEncodingsWebPkgVer>4.7.2</SystemTextEncodingsWebPkgVer>
-    <SystemTextJsonPkgVer>4.7.2</SystemTextJsonPkgVer>
-    <SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPkgVer>4.5.4</SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPkgVer>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -60,12 +37,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="$(MicrosoftNETFrameworkReferenceAssembliesPkgVer)" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="$(StyleCopAnalyzersPkgVer)" Condition="'$(SkipAnalysis)'!='true'">
+    <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Condition="'$(SkipAnalysis)'!='true'">
       <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeCoverage" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeCoveragePkgVer)" PrivateAssets="All" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeCoverage" PrivateAssets="All" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" />
-    <!--<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FxCopAnalyzers" Version="$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisAnalyzersPkgVer)" Condition="'$(SkipAnalysis)'!='true'">
+    <!--<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FxCopAnalyzers" Condition="'$(SkipAnalysis)'!='true'">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>-->
   </ItemGroup>

docs/Directory.Build.props

@@ -9,12 +9,4 @@
     <!-- https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework -->
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net462;net47;net471;net472;net48</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Package versions used in this folder">
-    <!--
-      Please sort alphabetically.
-      Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/nuget/concepts/package-versioning for semver syntax.
-    -->
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer>[6.0.0,)</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

docs/Directory.Packages.props

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Project>
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Packages.props, $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..))" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Update="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="[6.0.0,)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>

docs/logs/correlation/correlation.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

docs/logs/customizing-the-sdk/customizing-the-sdk.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

docs/logs/extending-the-sdk/extending-the-sdk.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry\OpenTelemetry.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

docs/logs/getting-started/getting-started.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

docs/logs/redaction/redaction.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

docs/logs/source-generation/source-generation.csproj

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console\OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

docs/trace/getting-started-jaeger/getting-started-jaeger.csproj

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http\OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" Condition="$(TargetFramework) == 'net472' or $(TargetFramework) == 'net48'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Condition="$(TargetFramework) == 'net472' or $(TargetFramework) == 'net48'"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

examples/AspNetCore/Examples.AspNetCore.csproj

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="$(SwashbuckleAspNetCorePkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" />
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="$(RuntimeInstrumentationPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

examples/Console/Examples.Console.csproj

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" Version="$(CommandLineParserPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="$(GoogleProtobufPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" Version="$(GrpcNetClientPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="$(GrpcToolsPkgVer)">
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>

examples/Directory.Packages.props

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project>
+  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Packages.props, $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..))" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Update="Grpc.Tools" Version="[2.44.0,3.0)" />
+    <PackageVersion Update="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="[6.0.0,)" />
+    <PackageVersion Update="System.Text.Json" Version="6.0.5" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>

examples/GrpcService/Examples.GrpcService.csproj

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore" Version="$(GrpcAspNetCorePkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

examples/MicroserviceExample/Utils/Utils.csproj

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingAbstractionsPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
-    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="$(RabbitMQClientPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

examples/MicroserviceExample/WebApi/WebApi.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="$(RabbitMQClientPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

examples/MicroserviceExample/WorkerService/WorkerService.csproj

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsHostingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
-    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="$(RabbitMQClientPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/Directory.Build.targets

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="$(MicrosoftSourceLinkGitHubPkgVer)" Condition="'$(IntegrationBuild)' != 'true'">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Condition="'$(IntegrationBuild)' != 'true'">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>

src/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions/OpenTelemetry.Api.ProviderBuilderExtensions.csproj

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyInjectionAbstractionsPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

src/OpenTelemetry.Api/OpenTelemetry.Api.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticSourcePkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console.csproj

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger.csproj

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="$(SystemThreadingTasksExtensionsPkgVer)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netstandard2.1'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netstandard2.1'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebPkgVer)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="$(SystemTextJsonPkgVer)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Grpc/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Grpc.csproj

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="$(GoogleProtobufPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="$(GrpcToolsPkgVer)" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" Version="$(GrpcNetClientPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client"  />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" Version="$(GrpcNetClientPkgVer)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.1' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.1' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc" Version="$(GrpcPkgVer)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="$(GoogleProtobufPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="$(GrpcToolsPkgVer)" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight" Version="$(SystemReflectionEmitLightweightPkgVer)" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0'" />
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src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin.csproj

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
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-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" />
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" />
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src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj

@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@
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-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features" />
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTracing" Version="$(OpenTracingPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTracing" />
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
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+    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
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+  <ItemGroup>
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+    <PackageVersion Update="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="[6.0.0,)" />
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@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
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+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
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+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-xunit" />
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@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
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+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-xunit" />
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@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
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-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-xunit" Version="$(DotNetXUnitCliVer)" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-xunit" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
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@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@
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+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
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-    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" Version="$(GrpcAspNetCoreServerPkgVer)" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore.Server" />
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test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
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@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
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@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
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@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@
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@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
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@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
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@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@
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@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@
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test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Metrics/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Metrics.csproj

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="$(RuntimeInstrumentationPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" />
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   <ItemGroup>

test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Traces/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.Traces.csproj

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="$(RuntimeInstrumentationPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

test/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress/OpenTelemetry.Tests.Stress.csproj

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="$(RuntimeInstrumentationPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Tests.csproj

@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
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+	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(MicrosoftNETTestSdkPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="$(MoqPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="$(XUnitPkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XUnitRunnerVisualStudioPkgVer)">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
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-    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-xunit" Version="$(DotNetXUnitCliVer)" />
+    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-xunit" />
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test/TestApp.AspNetCore/TestApp.AspNetCore.csproj

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="$(SwashbuckleAspNetCorePkgVer)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>