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Marc Schier e9313ef957 Only use GitHub action for CI and nightly, establish release-branch-only package publication (#4513)
## Description

Two related changes to how the 2.0 line is built and shipped.

### 1. Release-branch-only package publication

- `master` produces development previews only.
- Stable packages can only be built from a canonical
`release/<major>.<minor>` branch and are promoted manually from the
exact signed candidate artifact.
- Core packages use explicit `major.minor.patch` versions (`2.0.0`,
`2.0.1`, then `2.1.0`); git height never changes a stable package patch.
- XRegistry, WoT Connectivity, Vision, Robotics, Redundancy,
Positioning, OpenUSD, ISA95, AI, DI, the relevant MCP extensions, and
OpenUSD connector tools remain `-preview.N` while following the core
numeric version.
- nuget.org receives only non-`.Debug` package IDs; GitHub Packages
retains the complete signed Release/Debug candidate.
- `docs/ReleaseProcess.md` is a reproducible runbook for developers and
agents, with each step stating its completion evidence.

Promotion is source-bound and byte-checked: `release.yml` checks out
nothing until the candidate SHA is known, and
`assert-published-packages-match.ps1` proves that any version already on
a feed holds *this* candidate's content before `--skip-duplicate` is
allowed to skip it. Canonical release-branch naming is matched
case-sensitively with no leading zeroes, and `version.json`'s
`publicReleaseRefSpec`, both policy helpers and the copy `release.yml`
inlines are pinned to one expression by tests.

### 2. PR CI moved to GitHub-hosted runners

- `.github/workflows/buildandtest.yml` (**CI**) now owns pull-request
validation outright, covering the Windows Debug/Release net48 + net10.0
solution builds and fast tests that only Azure Pipelines ran, alongside
the existing Linux/macOS, all-target and NativeAOT legs. `build-and-test
summary` remains the stable required check name.
- `.github/workflows/nightly.yml` is a new **manual-only**
(`workflow_dispatch`) full-scope workflow covering the Azure nightly
workload: all solutions x seven target profiles x Debug/Release, the
net472/netstandard profiles, Windows + Linux NativeAOT, and the
long-running and durable tiers.
- Shared deterministic discovery/batching lives in
`.github/scripts/get-ci-matrix.ps1` with a local composite action, so
both entry points expand the same workload manifest instead of
duplicating a large embedded script.
- `azure-pipelines.yml` is set to `pr: none`.
- The standalone pump sample image workflow is folded into the
consolidated **Images CI** workflow, which now builds all ten images and
publishes an `images summary` rollup suitable as a required check.

## Related Issues

No related issue provided.

## Checklist

- [ ] I have signed the
[CLA](https://opcfoundation.org/license/cla/ContributorLicenseAgreementv1.0.pdf)
and read the
[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
doc.
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works and increased code coverage.
- [x] I have added all necessary documentation.
- [x] I have verified that my changes do not introduce (new) build or
analyzer warnings.
- [ ] I ran **all** tests locally using the **UA.slnx** solution against
at least .net **framework** and .net **10**, and all passed.
- [ ] I fixed **all** failing and flaky tests in the CI pipelines and
**all** CodeQL warnings.
- [x] I have addressed **all** PR feedback received.

## Validation

- `Opc.Ua.Tools.Tests` full `net10.0` suite: **959 passed, 1 skipped, 0
failed**.
- Version/package-policy regression subset
(`PackageVersionPolicyTests`): **60 passed, 0 failed**.
- GitHub Actions **CI** run 35719807620: **149/149 jobs green** on
GitHub-hosted runners.
- Canonical release-branch rule verified against the pinned nbgv 3.7.115
by building throwaway branches: `release/2.0`, `release/0.9`,
`release/10.42` -> `PublicRelease=True`; `release/02.0`, `release/2.00`,
`Release/2.0` -> `False`.
- Package identity gate verified against a live nuget.org package:
served packages carry a repository `.signature.p7s`, so equality is
decided on content excluding that part. Re-signing and zip reordering
produce an identical digest; a one-byte content change does not.
- Synthetic Release-only, Debug-only, combined, preview, duplicate,
orphaned-symbol, mismatched-root and accidental-stable-family package
sets exercise the shared validator.
- Stable-release rehearsal in an isolated `release/2.0` clone:
`Opc.Ua.Di` packed as `2.0.0-preview.6` depending on stable Core
`2.0.0`; `Opc.Ua.Di.Client` likewise against stable Client `2.0.0`.
- All workflow YAML, `version.json`, the package-policy PowerShell
scripts and the internal release-runbook anchors parse.

## Known validation limits

- Full `UA.slnx` `net48` and `net10.0` local validation remains blocked
by pre-existing `NETSDK1005` and dependency-version failures in
unmodified fuzz/sample projects; the corresponding checklist items
intentionally stay open.
- The TRX-driven test verdict added for the intermittent at-exit host
stall is proven by `CiTestVerdictTests`; the stall itself has not
recurred since.
- `nightly.yml` has not yet been run against a full-scope Azure run for
tuple-level parity — see below.

## Operational follow-up

This remains a preparation PR targeting `master`. It does **not**
authorize a release.

Release sequence:

1. Merge this PR.
2. Create canonical `release/2.0`, advance `master` to
`2.1.0-preview.{height}`, and open a separate `2.0.0` version PR against
`release/2.0`.
3. Follow
[`docs/ReleaseProcess.md`](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/docs/ReleaseProcess.md)
for candidate dry-run, environment approval, promotion, tag/release
finalization, and next-patch preview setup.

CI migration steps still needing administrator access are tracked in
[`docs/DeveloperGuide.md#migration-status`](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/docs/DeveloperGuide.md#migration-status):
proving `nightly.yml` parity on a trusted SHA with the private fuzz
corpus provisioned, turning off definition 14's service-side PR
override, retiring the Azure full-scope schedules and push trigger, and
retiring the duplicate `azure-pipelines-preview.yml` publisher.

> **Before cutting `release/2.0`:** the `Release` ruleset requires the
Azure context for *every* `refs/heads/release/*`, but a new 2.x branch
inherits `pr: none`, so that context would never report and would block
every PR into the new line. Exclude the new ref from that ruleset, or
add a 2.x ruleset requiring `build-and-test summary`, as part of
creating the branch.

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