[chore] remove linux package builds and tests

.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml

@@ -528,57 +528,9 @@ jobs:
           name: collector-binaries-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
           path: ./bin/*
 
-  build-package:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [cross-compile]
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        package_type: ["deb", "rpm"]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Install Ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: "3.3"
-      - name: Install fpm
-        run: gem install --no-document fpm -v 1.15.1
-      - name: Download Collector Binaries
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: bin/
-          pattern: collector-binaries-*
-      - run: chmod +x bin/*
-      - name: Set Release Tag
-        id: github_tag
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/set_release_tag.sh
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.package_type }} amd64 package
-        run: ./internal/buildscripts/packaging/fpm/${{ matrix.package_type }}/build.sh "${{ steps.github_tag.outputs.tag }}" "amd64" "./dist/"
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.package_type }} arm64 package
-        run: ./internal/buildscripts/packaging/fpm/${{ matrix.package_type }}/build.sh "${{ steps.github_tag.outputs.tag }}" "arm64" "./dist/"
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.package_type }} ppc64le package
-        run: ./internal/buildscripts/packaging/fpm/${{ matrix.package_type }}/build.sh "${{ steps.github_tag.outputs.tag }}" "ppc64le" "./dist/"
-      - name: Build ${{ matrix.package_type }} s390x package
-        run: ./internal/buildscripts/packaging/fpm/${{ matrix.package_type }}/build.sh "${{ steps.github_tag.outputs.tag }}" "s390x" "./dist/"
-      - name: Test ${{ matrix.package_type }} package
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.package_type }}" = "deb" ]]; then
-              ./internal/buildscripts/packaging/fpm/test.sh dist/otel-contrib-collector*amd64.deb examples/demo/otel-collector-config.yaml
-          else
-              ./internal/buildscripts/packaging/fpm/test.sh dist/otel-contrib-collector*x86_64.rpm examples/demo/otel-collector-config.yaml
-          fi
-      - name: Upload Packages
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: collector-packages-${{ matrix.package_type }}
-          path: ./dist/*
-
   publish-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, unittest, integration-tests, build-package]
+    needs: [lint, unittest, integration-tests]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Download Binaries
@@ -587,18 +539,12 @@ jobs:
           merge-multiple: true
           path: ./bin/
           pattern: collector-binaries-*
-      - name: Download Packages
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: ./dist/
-          pattern: collector-packages-*
       - name: Verify Distribution Files Exist
         id: check
         run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/verify-dist-files-exist.sh
   publish-dev:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, unittest, integration-tests, build-package]
+    needs: [lint, unittest, integration-tests]
     if: (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')) && github.repository == 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -631,12 +577,6 @@ jobs:
           path: ./bin/
           pattern: collector-binaries-*
       - run: chmod +x bin/*
-      - name: Download Packages
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: ./dist/
-          pattern: collector-packages-*
       - name: Add Permissions to Tool Binaries
         run: chmod -R +x ./dist
       - name: Verify Distribution Files Exist
@@ -665,7 +605,7 @@ jobs:
           docker push otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-dev:latest
   publish-stable:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, unittest, integration-tests, build-package]
+    needs: [lint, unittest, integration-tests]
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.repository == 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/scripts/verify-dist-files-exist.sh

@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ files=(
     bin/otelcontribcol_linux_amd64
     bin/otelcontribcol_linux_s390x
     bin/otelcontribcol_windows_amd64.exe
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector-*.aarch64.rpm
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector_*_amd64.deb
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector-*.x86_64.rpm
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector_*_arm64.deb
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector-*.ppc64le.rpm
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector_*_ppc64le.deb
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector_*_s390x.deb
-    dist/otel-contrib-collector-*.s390x.rpm
     # skip. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/10113
     # dist/otel-contrib-collector-*amd64.msi