open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby

Continue gem inheritance

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Description

Recently we started inheriting gems from the root gemfile but currently there is duplicates ie dotenv & simplecov. There is also other gems ie yard which would be more fitting at the root.

We should continue the work to minimise gems in child gem while also ensuring that changing root gemfile has a way to trigger usage of that gem by each child.

Context

This is in already evaled root Gemfile 🤔. https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby/blob/ab29f8582ec55ed19276e6b4289fb40683541b58/Gemfile#L9

Originally posted by @simi in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby/pull/2342#discussion_r3961476639

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Research direction

Start with the evaluated root Gemfile at the linked line, then inspect the child Gemfiles for duplicate dependencies such as dotenv and simplecov and candidates such as yard. Done means reducing unnecessary child-gem entries while ensuring a root Gemfile change makes each child use the dependency as intended.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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