Remove 8.x references

Author: brianseeders

.backportrc.json

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   "upstream" : "elastic/elasticsearch",
-  "targetBranchChoices" : [ "main", "8.x", "9.0", "8.18", "8.17", "8.16", "8.15", "8.14", "8.13", "8.12", "8.11", "8.10", "8.9", "8.8", "8.7", "8.6", "8.5", "8.4", "8.3", "8.2", "8.1", "8.0", "7.17", "6.8" ],
+  "targetBranchChoices" : [ "main", "9.0", "8.18", "8.17", "8.16", "8.15", "8.14", "8.13", "8.12", "8.11", "8.10", "8.9", "8.8", "8.7", "8.6", "8.5", "8.4", "8.3", "8.2", "8.1", "8.0", "7.17", "6.8" ],
   "targetPRLabels" : [ "backport" ],
   "branchLabelMapping" : {
     "^v9.0.1$" : "main",
-    "^v8.19.0$" : "8.x",
     "^v(\\d+).(\\d+).\\d+(?:-(?:alpha|beta|rc)\\d+)?$" : "$1.$2"
   }
-}
+}

.buildkite/pipelines/periodic.template.yml

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ steps:
       image: family/elasticsearch-ubuntu-2004
       machineType: n2-standard-8
       buildDirectory: /dev/shm/bk
-    if: build.branch == "main" || build.branch == "8.x" || build.branch == "7.17"
+    if: build.branch == "main" || build.branch == "8.19" || build.branch == "7.17"
   - label: check-branch-consistency
     command: .ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh branchConsistency
     timeout_in_minutes: 15

.ci/scripts/resolve-dra-manifest.sh

@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ if [ "$LATEST_VERSION" != "$ES_VERSION" ]; then
   echo "Latest build for '$ARTIFACT' is version $LATEST_VERSION but expected version $ES_VERSION." 1>&2
   NEW_BRANCH=$(echo $ES_VERSION | sed -E "s/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\.[0-9]/\1/g")
 
-  # Temporary
-  if [[ "$ES_VERSION" == "8.16.0" ]]; then
-    NEW_BRANCH="8.x"
-  fi
-
   echo "Using branch $NEW_BRANCH instead of $BRANCH." 1>&2
   LATEST_BUILD=$(fetch_build $WORKFLOW $ARTIFACT $NEW_BRANCH)
 fi

renovate.json

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "9.0",
     "8.18",
     "8.17",
-    "8.x",
     "7.17"
   ],
   "packageRules": [