Renovate config to automate @edx namespaced minor/patch version upgrades

[abdullahwaheed]

Ticket

Create common renovate config that automates @edx namespaced minor/patch version upgrades

What has changed

Added Renovate config to update and auto merge @edx name spaced minor and patch packages.
As no schedule is provided, it will create and merge renovate PRs at any time

[hurtstotouchfire]

@abdullahwaheed / @arbrandes Do we have a plan for situations like the Paragon 20 upgrade (with breaking changes) being hidden behind minor version upgrades of header / footer?

[arbrandes]

@hurtstotouchfire, good point. However, such an upgrade should by definition be "major". If one sneaks by as minor, it's basically a show stopper and should be fixed/reverted immediately.

[hurtstotouchfire]

My understanding is that particular one slipped through because it's not necessarily a breaking change -- depending on what your other dependencies are. I think it was not breaking for Profile but was breaking for a few other MFEs. From what I know though, there is no plan to reverse it or fix the numbering, and I think there are still some MFEs that aren't fully updated yet.

[abdullahwaheed]

@hurtstotouchfire yes you are right, that should be major version change. We'll revisit all the MFEs with breaking changes and update the versioning accordingly. Let me create an issue for this as well

[arbrandes]

@abdullahwaheed, can you link to that issue you mention above? Is there anything left to do here?

[abdullahwaheed]

@arbrandes i think @hurtstotouchfire can link the issue, I couldn't find it documented other than an old slack chat. For new changes, we are now maintaining breaking changes separately. I think its ok to merge as we have merged it elsewhere

Mainly wanted to raise the issue