Test framework: remove "Static VM" concept

[howardjohn]

This is part of an overall goal to reduce the complexity of the test framework, to ease debugging, test writing, and improving the framework in other ways.

This removes the concept of non-Kubernetes clusters. These were used to build out real VM instances, rather than the in-pod simulation ones. However, I don't think anyone uses this.

[istio-testing]

Skipping CI for Draft Pull Request.
If you want CI signal for your change, please convert it to an actual PR.
You can still manually trigger a test run with /test all

[howardjohn]

/test all

[bleggett]

Okay I didn't realize this would kill about 2K LOC. +1 then.

[bleggett]

As per 5/15 WG consensus.

[jwendell]

does the readme need to be updated?

[ilrudie]

👍 LGTM, thanks John!

[howardjohn]

does the readme need to be updated?

I don't know any readme that references this?

[howardjohn]

@istio/wg-test-and-release-maintainers LFR

[istio-testing]

PR needs rebase.

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[istio-testing]

@howardjohn: The following tests failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
integ-basic-arm64_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-basic-arm64
unit-tests-arm64_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test unit-tests-arm64
integ-distroless_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-distroless
integ-cni_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-cni
gencheck_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test gencheck
integ-ambient_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-ambient
integ-ipv6_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-ipv6
integ-helm_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-helm
integ-ds_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-ds
unit-tests_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test unit-tests
integ-operator-controller_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-operator-controller
integ-security_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-security
integ-telemetry-discovery_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-telemetry-discovery
integ-pilot_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-pilot
macbuildcheck_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test macbuildcheck
release-notes_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test release-notes
integ-telemetry-mc_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-telemetry-mc
lint_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test lint
integ-pilot-istiodremote_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-pilot-istiodremote
integ-pilot-istiodremote-mc_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-pilot-istiodremote-mc
integ-security-multicluster_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-security-multicluster
integ-telemetry-istiodremote_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-telemetry-istiodremote
integ-telemetry_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-telemetry
integ-security-istiodremote_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-security-istiodremote
release-test_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test release-test
integ-pilot-multicluster_istio	792e9f9	link	unknown	/test integ-pilot-multicluster

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