Remove the need of package.json, same as contrib

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Drutu <[email protected]>

.chloggen/rm-package-json.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: chloggen
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Remove the need of package.json, same as contrib
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11986]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]

.github/workflows/changelog.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ concurrency:
 
 permissions: read-all
 
+env:
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=tcort/markdown-link-check
+  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.12.2"
+
 jobs:
   changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Render .chloggen changelog entries
         run: make chlog-preview > changelog_preview.md
       - name: Install markdown-link-check
-        run: npm ci
+        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@${{ env.MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION }}
       - name: Run markdown-link-check
         run: |
           npx --no -- markdown-link-check \