E2E fixes, added checks for taints before proceeding with tests

Author: l-technicore

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ cloud-provider specific code out of the Kubernetes codebase.
 | \>=v 0.13 | v1.19                  | v1.21                  |
 | v1.19.12  | v1.19                  | v1.21                  |
 | v1.22.0   | v1.22                  | -                      |
+| v1.23.0   | v1.23                  | -                      |
+
 
 
 Note: 
@@ -168,7 +170,6 @@ by the community.
 
 | Release               | Expected Release Date |
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
-| Support for K8s v1.23 | June 2022             |
 | Support for K8s v1.24 | August 2022           |
 
 ## License

ci-docker-images/Dockerfile

@@ -81,30 +81,23 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
-	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-attacher v0.0.0-20201106010650-6d1beabd0fad // indirect; v3.0.2
-	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner v0.0.0-20210409185916-86c2ba950e76 // indirect; v2.0.5
-	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-resizer v1.0.1 // indirect; v1.0.1
-	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v2 v2.2.0-rc3 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
@@ -123,7 +116,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.28.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sony/gobreaker v0.4.2-0.20210216022020-dd874f9dd33b // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
@@ -163,17 +155,12 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.23.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/controller-manager v0.23.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/csi-translation-lib v0.23.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20211115234752-e816edb12b65 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.23.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.23.4 // indirect
-	oracle.com/oci/httpsigner v0.0.0-20190320175442-e8cb27ebf440 // indirect
-	oracle.com/oci/ociauthz v0.0.0-20200515161105-5b1e37d2dc95 // indirect
-	oracle.com/oci/tagging v0.0.0-20190321202046-20a2e48911da // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.27 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect