standalone cli package version is out of sync

[timotheeguerin]

Heads-up for whoever picks up the package-manager work: the standalone dist is versioned by @typespec/standalone-cli (currently 0.83.0, via latest.txt), but tsp --version reports the bundled @typespec/compiler version (1.13.0). So a Scoop/winget/Homebrew listing shows 0.83.0 while users see 1.13.0, which already caused confusion when adding TypeSpec to Scoop earlier today.

#6285 (comment)

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🎯 Issue Triage

The @typespec/standalone-cli package version (0.83.0) is out of sync with the @typespec/compiler version (1.13.0) that tsp --version reports, causing package managers (Scoop, winget, Homebrew) to surface a version that doesn't match what users see at the CLI.

Category: Bug

Area: eng

🔍 Analysis

• @typespec/standalone-cli is versioned independently (currently 0.83.0, via latest.txt), while tsp --version reports the bundled @typespec/compiler version (1.13.0).
• Package managers display the standalone-cli version from package metadata, so users see a 0.83.0 listing but 1.13.0 at the CLI — already causing real confusion during the Scoop package submission (ScoopInstaller/Main#8236).
• The root cause is decoupled versioning between the standalone distribution wrapper and the embedded compiler, with no alignment mechanism.
• This is a pre-condition for the broader package manager work tracked in Standalone exe publish to package managers #6285 — resolving the version mismatch should be part of that effort.

📝 Suggested next steps

• Decide on a versioning strategy: align @typespec/standalone-cli with @typespec/compiler, or make tsp --version report the standalone-cli version.
• Update the standalone CLI release pipeline to keep versions in sync going forward.
• Verify package manager manifests (Scoop, winget, Homebrew) will reflect the correct version after the fix.

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