Improve Dependabot grouping for OpenTelemetry version variables#4727
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- Introduce explicit alpha-version variables for OTel SDK and contrib versions
instead of using `${...}-alpha` interpolation in dependency declarations
- Update OTel BOM and contrib dependency entries to use the new explicit alpha vars
- Expand Dependabot `opentelemetry` group patterns to include the new alpha vars
and concrete contrib artifacts
This makes OTel dependency versioning clearer for humans and easier for Dependabot
to detect and group consistently.
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Why
After #4721, Dependabot didn't group all OpenTelemetry packages in the same PR.
Issue 1: Changes in #4724 should be grouped into #4719 as part of the opentelemetry group.
Issue 2:
otelInstrumentationAlphaVersionis detected by Dependabot to create PRs like #4719. ButotelSdkVersionandotelContribVersionare not detected. The difference seems to be there is Kotlin string interpolation.What Changed
${...}-alphainterpolation in dependency declarationsopentelemetrygroup patterns to include the new alpha vars and concrete contrib artifactsThis makes OTel dependency versioning clearer for humans and easier for Dependabot to detect and group consistently.