fix: remove blank lines, fix circular deps, add missing env vars

Author: thpierce

.github/workflows/post-release-version-bump.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-
+  IS_PATCH: ${{ github.event.inputs.is_patch }}
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
 
 permissions:

.github/workflows/pre-release-prepare.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ on:
 env:
   VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
   IS_PATCH: ${{ github.event.inputs.is_patch }}
-
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
 
 permissions:

.github/workflows/release-build.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ on:
         default: 'us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1, af-south-1, ap-east-1, ap-south-2, ap-southeast-3, ap-southeast-4, eu-central-2, eu-south-1, eu-south-2, il-central-1, me-central-1, me-south-1, ap-southeast-5, ap-southeast-7, mx-central-1, ca-west-1, cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1'
 
 env:
-  VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-
+  VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
   AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION: us-east-1
   AWS_PRIVATE_ECR_REGION: us-west-2
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ env:
   LEGACY_COMMERCIAL_REGIONS: us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1
   LAYER_NAME: AWSOpenTelemetryDistroPython
   LAYER_ARTIFACT_NAME: aws-opentelemetry-python-layer.zip
-  VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-
+  VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
 permissions:
   id-token: write
   contents: write
@@ -445,7 +443,7 @@ jobs:
         id: create_release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
         run: |
           # Extract all dependencies from pyproject.toml
           DEPS=$(python3 -c "