Less release steps (#1793)

Co-authored-by: Joao Grassi <5938087+joaopgrassi@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/scripts/update-spec-repo-links.sh

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 # Example usage:
 #
-# ./internal/tools/update_specification_version.sh
+# ./internal/tools/update-spec-repo-links.sh v1.41.0
 
+# this version should be kept up-to-date with the spec version that links use
+PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION=v1.40.0
 
-# Set this to the version number you want to CHANGE in URLs in the repository.
-PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION="v1.39.0"
 # Set this to the version number you want to KEEP in URLs in the repository.
-LATEST_SPECIFICATION_VERSION="v1.40.0"
+LATEST_SPECIFICATION_VERSION=$1
 # The specific pattern we look for when replacing URLs
 SPECIFICATION_URL_PREFIX="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/"
 SPECIFICATION_BLOB_URL_PREFIX="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/"

.github/workflows/auto-update-spec-repo-links.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Auto-update spec repo links
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # hourly at minute 46
+    - cron: "46 * * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check-versions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      current-version: ${{ steps.check-versions.outputs.current-version }}
+      latest-version: ${{ steps.check-versions.outputs.latest-version }}
+      already-opened: ${{ steps.check-versions.outputs.already-opened }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - id: check-versions
+        name: Check versions
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          current_version=$(grep "PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION=v.*" \
+                                 internal/tools/update_specification_version.sh \
+                            | sed "s/PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION=//")
+          latest_version=$(gh release view \
+                               --repo open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification \
+                               --json tagName \
+                               --jq .tagName)
+
+          matches=$(gh pr list \
+                        --author opentelemetrybot \
+                        --state open \
+                        --search "in:title \"Update spec repo links to $latest_version\"")
+          if [ ! -z "$matches" ]
+          then
+            already_opened=true
+          fi
+
+          echo "current-version=$current_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "latest-version=$latest_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "already-opened=$already_opened" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  update-spec-repo-links:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: |
+      needs.check-versions.outputs.current-version != needs.check-versions.outputs.latest-version &&
+      needs.check-versions.outputs.already-opened != 'true'
+    needs:
+      - check-versions
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use CLA approved github bot
+        run: .github/scripts/use-cla-approved-github-bot.sh
+
+      - name: Update version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.check-versions.outputs.latest-version }}
+        run: |
+          .github/scripts/update-spec-repo-links.sh $VERSION
+          sed -i "s/^PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION=.*/PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION=$VERSION/" .github/scripts/update-spec-repo-links.sh
+
+      - name: Create pull request
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.check-versions.outputs.latest-version }}
+          # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pull requests from that token do not run workflows
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          message="Update spec repo links to $VERSION"
+          body="Update spec repo links to \`$VERSION\`."
+          branch="opentelemetrybot/update-spec-repo-links-to-$VERSION"
+
+          git checkout -b $branch
+          git commit -a -m "$message"
+          git push --set-upstream origin $branch
+          gh pr create --title "$message" \
+                       --body "$body" \
+                       --label "Skip Changelog" \
+                       --base main

.github/workflows/prepare-new-issue.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run prepare-new-issue.sh
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/prepare-new-issue.sh
+        run: ./.github/scripts/prepare-new-issue.sh
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ISSUE: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}

.github/workflows/prepare-new-pr.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       # we're going to run prepare-new-pr script from the main branch
       # to parse changelog record from the PR branch.
       - name: Run prepare-new-pr.sh
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/prepare-new-pr.sh
+        run: ./.github/scripts/prepare-new-pr.sh
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Use CLA approved github bot
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/use-cla-approved-github-bot.sh
+        run: .github/scripts/use-cla-approved-github-bot.sh
 
       - name: Update schema files
         run: |

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ requirements and recommendations.
   - [Misspell check](#misspell-check)
   - [Update the tables of content](#update-the-tables-of-content)
   - [Markdown link check](#markdown-link-check)
-- [Updating the referenced specification version](#updating-the-referenced-specification-version)
 - [Merging existing ECS conventions](#merging-existing-ecs-conventions)
 
 <!-- tocstop -->
@@ -406,14 +405,6 @@ To check the validity of links in all markdown files, run the following command:
 make markdown-link-check
 ```
 
-## Updating the referenced specification version
-
-1. Open the `./internal/tools/update_specification_version.sh` script.
-2. Modify the `PREVIOUS_SPECIFICATION_VERSION` to be the same value as `LATEST_SPECIFICATION_VERSION`
-3. Modify `LATEST_SPECIFICATION_VERSION` to the latest specification tag, e.g. `1.21`
-4. Run the script from the root directory, e.g. `semantic-conventions$ ./internal/tools/update_specification_version.sh`.
-5. Add all modified files to the change submit and submit a PR.
-
 ## Merging existing ECS conventions
 
 The Elastic Common Schema (ECS) is being merged into OpenTelemetry Semantic

RELEASING.md

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 - Close the [release milestone](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/milestones)
   if there is one.
-- Ensure the referenced specification version is up to date. Use
-  [tooling to update the spec](./CONTRIBUTING.md#updating-the-referenced-specification-version)
-  if needed.
 - Run [opentelemetry.io workflow](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/actions/workflows/build-dev.yml)
   against `semantic-conventions` submodule as a smoke-test for docs. Fix broken links, if any.
 - Run the [prepare release workflow](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/actions/workflows/prepare-release.yml).