Remove checks for unsupported node versions

[dyladan]

We'll - unfortunately - have to postpone removing the checks from the actual code until we release the next major version.

Originally posted by @pichlermarc in #3689 (comment)

We should apply this to all the SDK components where applicable (might only be tracing)

THIS IS A BREAKING CHANGE. PLEASE MAKE PR TO THE next BRANCH FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2.0 RELEASE

[dyladan]

Saved patch from #3689 in case the branch is deleted:

diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
index 55c3a113b..1836568d4 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "@types/mocha": "10.0.0",
     "@types/node": "18.6.5",
     "@types/request-promise-native": "1.0.18",
-    "@types/semver": "7.3.9",
     "@types/sinon": "10.0.13",
     "@types/superagent": "4.1.13",
     "axios": "0.24.0",
@@ -75,8 +74,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/core": "1.11.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.37.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "1.11.0",
-    "semver": "^7.3.5"
+    "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "1.11.0"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http",
   "sideEffects": false
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts
index 1f6affef6..eed6f34f9 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/http.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import {
 import type * as http from 'http';
 import type * as https from 'https';
 import { Socket } from 'net';
-import * as semver from 'semver';
 import * as url from 'url';
 import {
   Err,
@@ -580,18 +579,6 @@ export class HttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Http> {
         options,
         extraOptions
       );
-      /**
-       * Node 8's https module directly call the http one so to avoid creating
-       * 2 span for the same request we need to check that the protocol is correct
-       * See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v8.17.0/lib/https.js#L245
-       */
-      if (
-        component === 'http' &&
-        semver.lt(process.version, '9.0.0') &&
-        optionsParsed.protocol === 'https:'
-      ) {
-        return original.apply(this, [optionsParsed, ...args]);
-      }
 
       if (
         utils.isIgnored(
diff --git a/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/platform/node/util.ts b/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/platform/node/util.ts
index fd40981e8..18e90f2a3 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/platform/node/util.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/platform/node/util.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export function sendWithHttp<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
 ): void {
   const exporterTimeout = collector.timeoutMillis;
   const parsedUrl = new url.URL(collector.url);
-  const nodeVersion = Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
   let retryTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
   let req: http.ClientRequest;
   let reqIsDestroyed = false;
@@ -63,8 +62,7 @@ export function sendWithHttp<ExportItem, ServiceRequest>(
       const err = new OTLPExporterError('Request Timeout');
       onError(err);
     } else {
-      // req.abort() was deprecated since v14
-      nodeVersion >= 14 ? req.destroy() : req.abort();
+      req.destroy();
     }
   }, exporterTimeout);

[dyladan]

Also consider remove AsyncHooksContextManager because it will no longer be used.

[dyladan]

Fixed in #4341