[9.0] Close 8.17 development branch (elastic#133531) (elastic#133536)

* Close 8.17 development branch (elastic#133531)

No additional 8.17.x versions are planned.
8.17.11 removed as it was only snapshot and never released.

* Remove the CI parts mentioning 8.17.11

* Remove 8.17 from active development branches

Author: jozala

.buildkite/pipelines/intake.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ steps:
         timeout_in_minutes: 300
         matrix:
           setup:
-            BWC_VERSION: ["8.17.11", "8.18.6", "9.0.6"]
+            BWC_VERSION: ["8.17.10", "8.18.6", "9.0.6"]
         agents:
           provider: gcp
           image: family/elasticsearch-ubuntu-2404

.buildkite/pipelines/periodic-packaging.yml

@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ steps:
         env:
           BWC_VERSION: 8.16.6
 
-      - label: "{{matrix.image}} / 8.17.11 / packaging-tests-upgrade"
-        command: ./.ci/scripts/packaging-test.sh -Dbwc.checkout.align=true destructiveDistroUpgradeTest.v8.17.11
+      - label: "{{matrix.image}} / 8.17.10 / packaging-tests-upgrade"
+        command: ./.ci/scripts/packaging-test.sh -Dbwc.checkout.align=true destructiveDistroUpgradeTest.v8.17.10
         timeout_in_minutes: 300
         matrix:
           setup:
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ steps:
           machineType: custom-16-32768
           buildDirectory: /dev/shm/bk
         env:
-          BWC_VERSION: 8.17.11
+          BWC_VERSION: 8.17.10
 
       - label: "{{matrix.image}} / 8.18.6 / packaging-tests-upgrade"
         command: ./.ci/scripts/packaging-test.sh -Dbwc.checkout.align=true destructiveDistroUpgradeTest.v8.18.6

.buildkite/pipelines/periodic.yml

@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ steps:
             - signal_reason: agent_stop
               limit: 3
 
-      - label: 8.17.11 / bwc
-        command: .ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh -Dbwc.checkout.align=true v8.17.11#bwcTest
+      - label: 8.17.10 / bwc
+        command: .ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh -Dbwc.checkout.align=true v8.17.10#bwcTest
         timeout_in_minutes: 300
         agents:
           provider: gcp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ steps:
           buildDirectory: /dev/shm/bk
           preemptible: true
         env:
-          BWC_VERSION: 8.17.11
+          BWC_VERSION: 8.17.10
         retry:
           automatic:
             - exit_status: "-1"
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ steps:
           setup:
             ES_RUNTIME_JAVA:
               - openjdk21
-            BWC_VERSION: ["8.17.11", "8.18.6", "9.0.6"]
+            BWC_VERSION: ["8.17.10", "8.18.6", "9.0.6"]
         agents:
           provider: gcp
           image: family/elasticsearch-ubuntu-2404
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ steps:
             ES_RUNTIME_JAVA:
               - openjdk21
               - openjdk23
-            BWC_VERSION: ["8.17.11", "8.18.6", "9.0.6"]
+            BWC_VERSION: ["8.17.10", "8.18.6", "9.0.6"]
         agents:
           provider: gcp
           image: family/elasticsearch-ubuntu-2404

.ci/bwcVersions

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ BWC_VERSION:
   - "8.14.3"
   - "8.15.5"
   - "8.16.6"
-  - "8.17.11"
+  - "8.17.10"
   - "8.18.6"
   - "9.0.6"

.ci/snapshotBwcVersions

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 BWC_VERSION:
-  - "8.17.11"
+  - "8.17.10"
   - "8.18.6"
   - "9.0.6"

branches.json

@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
     {
       "branch": "8.18"
     },
-    {
-      "branch": "8.17"
-    },
-    {
-      "branch": "8.17"
-    },
     {
       "branch": "7.17"
     }

server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java

@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ public class Version implements VersionId<Version>, ToXContentFragment {
     public static final Version V_8_17_8 = new Version(8_17_08_99);
     public static final Version V_8_17_9 = new Version(8_17_09_99);
     public static final Version V_8_17_10 = new Version(8_17_10_99);
-    public static final Version V_8_17_11 = new Version(8_17_11_99);
     public static final Version V_8_18_0 = new Version(8_18_00_99);
     public static final Version V_8_18_1 = new Version(8_18_01_99);
     public static final Version V_8_18_2 = new Version(8_18_02_99);