diff --git a/makefiles/bin/compare_sandbox_makefiles.sh b/makefiles/bin/compare_sandbox_makefiles.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec00dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/bin/compare_sandbox_makefiles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: This script is used to bulk refactor and merge makefile changes
+##  between development repositories and repo:onf-make.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent:
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+function error
+{
+    echo "$*"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+##----------------##
+##---]  MAIN  [---##
+##----------------##
+# src="$HOME/projects/sandbox/onf-make/makefiles"
+src="$HOME/projects/sandbox/ci-management/makefiles"
+dst="$(realpath .)"
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    fyl=$1; shift
+
+    echo "FYL: $fyl"
+    if [ -d "$fyl" ]; then
+	readarray -t fyls < <(find "$fyl" -type f -print)
+	[[ ${#@} -gt 0 ]] && fyls+=("$@")
+	# declare -p fyls
+	[[ ${#fyls} -gt 0 ]] && set -- "${fyls[@]}"
+	continue
+    fi
+
+    src0="$src/$fyl"
+    dst0="$dst/$fyl"
+
+    [[ ! -e "$src0" ]] && error "File does not exist in src= $src0"
+    [[ ! -e "$dst0" ]] && error "File does not exist in dst= $dst0"
+
+    if ! diff -qr "$src0" "$dst0"; then
+	emacs "$src0" "$dst0"
+    fi
+done
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/bootstrap.mk b/makefiles/bootstrap.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ada8cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/bootstrap.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Dependency-free macros used to source library makefiles
+#         and define the build environment.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG-bootstrap_mk),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##---------------------##
+##---]  CONSTANTS  [---##
+##---------------------##
+is-false = $(if $(1),true,$(null))
+is-true  = $(if $(1),$(null),true)
+
+##--------------------------##
+##---]  LIBRARY MACROS  [---##
+##--------------------------##
+is-null              = $(if $(1),$(null),$(error $(1)= is undef))
+is-null-var          = $(if $$(1),$(null),$(error $(1)= is undef))
+is-null-var-indirect = $(if $(1),$(null),$(error $(1)= is undef))
+
+## variable flavor:
+# origin - undefned
+# default
+# environment
+# environment override
+# automatic
+# null(blah) ?   - true
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Given an indirect var containing varname of a makefile *_ROOT
+##         parent director, derive a *_MKDIR variable and conditionally
+##         include the makefile hierarchy.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Given:
+##   o var containing OPT_ROOT=path
+## Return:
+##   o OPT_MKDIR=$(OPT_ROOT)/makefiles
+##   o If exists include $(OPT_MKDIR)/include.mk
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# library-include   := $(call mk-library-include,blah)
+
+mk-library-include=$(error revisit mk-library-include)
+
+#$(strip \
+#  $(warning mk-library-include: $$1[$(1)] = [$($(1))]))\
+#  $(call is-null-var,1)\
+#  $(foreach var,$($(1)),\
+#    $(info var=$(var) is-null=$(call is-null-var,var))\
+#  $(foreach val,$$(var),\
+#    $(info val=$(val))\
+#    $(foreach makedir,$(subst _ROOT,_MKDIR,$(var)),\
+#$(warning makedir=$(makedir))\
+#      $(if $($(makedir)),$(null),\
+#        $(eval $(makedir)=$$$$($(var))/makefiles)\
+#$(warning $(makedir) = $($($(makedir))))\
+#$(info $$(wildcard $(val)/makefiles/include.mk) = $(wildcard $(val)/makefiles/include.mk))\
+#        $(foreach mf,$(wildcard $(wildcard $(val)/makefiles/include.mk)),\
+#$(warning $$(eval include $(mf)))\
+##          $(eval include $(mf)))\
+# )
+
+$(if $(DEBUG-bootstrap_mk),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/include.mk b/makefiles/commands/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01fa145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/commands/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifndef mk-include--onf-commands
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/commands/kail.mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+mk-include--onf-commands := true
+
+endif # mk-include--onf-make
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/kail.mk b/makefiles/commands/kail.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff6691d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/commands/kail.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MAKEDIR ?= $(error MAKEDIR= is required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo "  kail            Install the kail command"
+ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo "                  make kail KAIL_PATH="
+endif
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install the 'kail' tool if needed: https://github.com/boz/kail
+#   o WORKSPACE - jenkins aware
+#   o Default to /usr/local/bin/kail
+#       + revisit this, system directories should not be a default path.
+#       + requires sudo and potential exists for overwrite conflict.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+KAIL_PATH ?= $(if $(WORKSPACE),$(WORKSPACE)/bin,/usr/local/bin)
+kail-cmd  ?= $(KAIL_PATH)/kail
+$(kail-cmd):
+	etc/godownloader.sh -b .
+	rsync -v --checksum kail "$@"
+	$@ version
+	$(RM) kail
+
+.PHONY: kail
+kail : $(kail-cmd)
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/kail/README.md b/makefiles/commands/kail/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..470fd3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/commands/kail/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Workaround for godownloader disappearing:
+#   This is a complete hack to get bbsim and v-s-t functional again.
+#   A more permanent answer is needed, copy binaries into a *tool* repo
+#   and use directly from git clone w/o access or install overhead.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1) Retrieve an archived copy of the script and place in v-s-t/etc.
+   https://searchcode.com/file/316605398/godownloader.sh
+2) A few script edits are needed:
+     o change download method from curl to wget.
+     o VERSION= variable requires a 'v' prefix.
+3) Update Makefile to install the new command.
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/kail/godownloader.sh b/makefiles/commands/kail/godownloader.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..77ad5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/commands/kail/godownloader.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+# Code generated by godownloader on 2019-05-28T19:49:53Z. DO NOT EDIT.
+# Copyright 2019 - (disable makefiles/lint/license.mk)
+#
+
+usage() {
+  this=$1
+  cat <<EOF
+$this: download go binaries for boz/kail
+
+Usage: $this [-b] bindir [-d] [tag]
+  -b sets bindir or installation directory, Defaults to ./bin
+  -d turns on debug logging
+   [tag] is a tag from
+   https://github.com/boz/kail/releases
+   If tag is missing, then the latest will be used.
+
+ Generated by godownloader
+  https://github.com/goreleaser/godownloader
+
+EOF
+  exit 2
+}
+
+parse_args() {
+  #BINDIR is ./bin unless set be ENV
+  # over-ridden by flag below
+
+  BINDIR=${BINDIR:-./bin}
+  while getopts "b:dh?x" arg; do
+    case "$arg" in
+      b) BINDIR="$OPTARG" ;;
+      d) log_set_priority 10 ;;
+      h | \?) usage "$0" ;;
+      x) set -x ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+  TAG=$1
+}
+# this function wraps all the destructive operations
+# if a curl|bash cuts off the end of the script due to
+# network, either nothing will happen or will syntax error
+# out preventing half-done work
+execute() {
+  tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+  log_debug "downloading files into ${tmpdir}"
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------
+  # [JOEY] - strange, curl fails to retrieve but wget is fine.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------
+  #  http_download "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${TARBALL_URL}"
+  http_download_wget "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${TARBALL_URL}"
+
+  http_download "${tmpdir}/${CHECKSUM}" "${CHECKSUM_URL}"
+  hash_sha256_verify "${tmpdir}/${TARBALL}" "${tmpdir}/${CHECKSUM}"
+  srcdir="${tmpdir}"
+  (cd "${tmpdir}" && untar "${TARBALL}")
+  test ! -d "${BINDIR}" && install -d "${BINDIR}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2043 
+  for binexe in "kail" ; do
+    if [ "$OS" = "windows" ]; then
+      binexe="${binexe}.exe"
+    fi
+    install "${srcdir}/${binexe}" "${BINDIR}/"
+    log_info "installed ${BINDIR}/${binexe}"
+  done
+  rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+}
+is_supported_platform() {
+  platform=$1
+  found=1
+  case "$platform" in
+    darwin/amd64) found=0 ;;
+    linux/amd64) found=0 ;;
+  esac
+  return $found
+}
+check_platform() {
+  if is_supported_platform "$PLATFORM"; then
+    # optional logging goes here
+    true
+  else
+    log_crit "platform $PLATFORM is not supported.  Make sure this script is up-to-date and file request at https://github.com/${PREFIX}/issues/new"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+tag_to_version() {
+  if [ -z "${TAG}" ]; then
+    log_info "checking GitHub for latest tag"
+  else
+    log_info "checking GitHub for tag '${TAG}'"
+  fi
+  REALTAG=$(github_release "$OWNER/$REPO" "${TAG}") && true
+  if test -z "$REALTAG"; then
+    log_crit "unable to find '${TAG}' - use 'latest' or see https://github.com/${PREFIX}/releases for details"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  # if version starts with 'v', remove it
+  TAG="$REALTAG"
+  VERSION=${TAG#v}
+}
+adjust_format() {
+  # change format (tar.gz or zip) based on OS
+  true
+}
+adjust_os() {
+  # adjust archive name based on OS
+  true
+}
+adjust_arch() {
+  # adjust archive name based on ARCH
+  true
+}
+
+cat /dev/null <<EOF
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+https://github.com/client9/shlib - portable posix shell functions
+Public domain - http://unlicense.org
+https://github.com/client9/shlib/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+but credit (and pull requests) appreciated.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+is_command() {
+  command -v "$1" >/dev/null
+}
+echoerr() {
+  echo "$@" 1>&2
+}
+log_prefix() {
+  echo "$0"
+}
+_logp=6
+log_set_priority() {
+  _logp="$1"
+}
+log_priority() {
+  if test -z "$1"; then
+    echo "$_logp"
+    return
+  fi
+  [ "$1" -le "$_logp" ]
+}
+log_tag() {
+  case $1 in
+    0) echo "emerg" ;;
+    1) echo "alert" ;;
+    2) echo "crit" ;;
+    3) echo "err" ;;
+    4) echo "warning" ;;
+    5) echo "notice" ;;
+    6) echo "info" ;;
+    7) echo "debug" ;;
+    *) echo "$1" ;;
+  esac
+}
+log_debug() {
+  log_priority 7 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 7)" "$@"
+}
+log_info() {
+  log_priority 6 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 6)" "$@"
+}
+log_err() {
+  log_priority 3 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 3)" "$@"
+}
+log_crit() {
+  log_priority 2 || return 0
+  echoerr "$(log_prefix)" "$(log_tag 2)" "$@"
+}
+uname_os() {
+  os=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+  case "$os" in
+    msys_nt) os="windows" ;;
+  esac
+  echo "$os"
+}
+uname_arch() {
+  arch=$(uname -m)
+  case $arch in
+    x86_64) arch="amd64" ;;
+    x86) arch="386" ;;
+    i686) arch="386" ;;
+    i386) arch="386" ;;
+    aarch64) arch="arm64" ;;
+    armv5*) arch="armv5" ;;
+    armv6*) arch="armv6" ;;
+    armv7*) arch="armv7" ;;
+  esac
+  echo ${arch}
+}
+uname_os_check() {
+  os=$(uname_os)
+  case "$os" in
+    darwin) return 0 ;;
+    dragonfly) return 0 ;;
+    freebsd) return 0 ;;
+    linux) return 0 ;;
+    android) return 0 ;;
+    nacl) return 0 ;;
+    netbsd) return 0 ;;
+    openbsd) return 0 ;;
+    plan9) return 0 ;;
+    solaris) return 0 ;;
+    windows) return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  log_crit "uname_os_check '$(uname -s)' got converted to '$os' which is not a GOOS value. Please file bug at https://github.com/client9/shlib"
+  return 1
+}
+uname_arch_check() {
+  arch=$(uname_arch)
+  case "$arch" in
+    386) return 0 ;;
+    amd64) return 0 ;;
+    arm64) return 0 ;;
+    armv5) return 0 ;;
+    armv6) return 0 ;;
+    armv7) return 0 ;;
+    ppc64) return 0 ;;
+    ppc64le) return 0 ;;
+    mips) return 0 ;;
+    mipsle) return 0 ;;
+    mips64) return 0 ;;
+    mips64le) return 0 ;;
+    s390x) return 0 ;;
+    amd64p32) return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  log_crit "uname_arch_check '$(uname -m)' got converted to '$arch' which is not a GOARCH value.  Please file bug report at https://github.com/client9/shlib"
+  return 1
+}
+untar() {
+  tarball=$1
+  case "${tarball}" in
+    *.tar.gz | *.tgz) tar -xzf "${tarball}" ;;
+    *.tar) tar -xf "${tarball}" ;;
+    *.zip) unzip "${tarball}" ;;
+    *)
+      log_err "untar unknown archive format for ${tarball}"
+      return 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+http_download_curl() {
+  local_file=$1
+  source_url=$2
+  header=$3
+  if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+    code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
+  else
+    code=$(curl -w '%{http_code}' -sL -H "$header" -o "$local_file" "$source_url")
+  fi
+  if [ "$code" != "200" ]; then
+    log_debug "http_download_curl received HTTP status $code"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
+http_download_wget() {
+  local_file=$1
+  source_url=$2
+  header=$3
+  if [ -z "$header" ]; then
+    wget -q -O "$local_file" "$source_url"
+  else
+    wget -q --header "$header" -O "$local_file" "$source_url"
+  fi
+}
+http_download() {
+  log_debug "http_download $2"
+  if is_command curl; then
+    http_download_curl "$@"
+    return
+  elif is_command wget; then
+    http_download_wget "$@"
+    return
+  fi
+  log_crit "http_download unable to find wget or curl"
+  return 1
+}
+http_copy() {
+  tmp=$(mktemp)
+  http_download "${tmp}" "$1" "$2" || return 1
+  body=$(cat "$tmp")
+  rm -f "${tmp}"
+  echo "$body"
+}
+github_release() {
+  owner_repo=$1
+  version=$2
+  test -z "$version" && version="latest"
+  giturl="https://github.com/${owner_repo}/releases/${version}"
+  json=$(http_copy "$giturl" "Accept:application/json")
+  test -z "$json" && return 1
+  version=$(echo "$json" | tr -s '\n' ' ' | sed 's/.*"tag_name":"//' | sed 's/".*//')
+  test -z "$version" && return 1
+  echo "$version"
+}
+hash_sha256() {
+  TARGET=${1:-/dev/stdin}
+  if is_command gsha256sum; then
+    hash=$(gsha256sum "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command sha256sum; then
+    hash=$(sha256sum "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command shasum; then
+    hash=$(shasum -a 256 "$TARGET" 2>/dev/null) || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f 1
+  elif is_command openssl; then
+    hash=$(openssl -dst openssl dgst -sha256 "$TARGET") || return 1
+    echo "$hash" | cut -d ' ' -f a
+  else
+    log_crit "hash_sha256 unable to find command to compute sha-256 hash"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+hash_sha256_verify() {
+  TARGET=$1
+  checksums=$2
+  if [ -z "$checksums" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify checksum file not specified in arg2"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  BASENAME=${TARGET##*/}
+  want=$(grep "${BASENAME}" "${checksums}" 2>/dev/null | tr '\t' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+  if [ -z "$want" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify unable to find checksum for '${TARGET}' in '${checksums}'"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  got=$(hash_sha256 "$TARGET")
+  if [ "$want" != "$got" ]; then
+    log_err "hash_sha256_verify checksum for '$TARGET' did not verify ${want} vs $got"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+cat /dev/null <<EOF
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+End of functions from https://github.com/client9/shlib
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EOF
+
+PROJECT_NAME="kail"
+OWNER=boz
+REPO="kail"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+BINARY=kail
+FORMAT=tar.gz
+OS=$(uname_os)
+ARCH=$(uname_arch)
+PREFIX="$OWNER/$REPO"
+
+# use in logging routines
+log_prefix() {
+	echo "$PREFIX"
+}
+PLATFORM="${OS}/${ARCH}"
+GITHUB_DOWNLOAD=https://github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}/releases/download
+
+uname_os_check "$OS"
+uname_arch_check "$ARCH"
+
+parse_args "$@"
+
+check_platform
+
+tag_to_version
+
+adjust_format
+
+adjust_os
+
+adjust_arch
+
+log_info "found version: ${VERSION} for ${TAG}/${OS}/${ARCH}"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------
+# [JOEY] - as of v0.16.1, download name contains an embedded 'v'
+# ---------------------------------------------------------
+# NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}_${VERSION}_${OS}_${ARCH}
+NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}_v${VERSION}_${OS}_${ARCH}
+
+TARBALL=${NAME}.${FORMAT}
+TARBALL_URL=${GITHUB_DOWNLOAD}/${TAG}/${TARBALL}
+CHECKSUM=checksums.txt
+CHECKSUM_URL=${GITHUB_DOWNLOAD}/${TAG}/${CHECKSUM}
+
+execute
diff --git a/makefiles/consts.mk b/makefiles/consts.mk
index 95d69a2..f1f717f 100644
--- a/makefiles/consts.mk
+++ b/makefiles/consts.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,30 +14,52 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-null        :=#
-space       := $(null) $(null)
-dot         ?= .
+# include makefiles/constants.mk
+export dot          :=.
+export null         :=#
+export space        := $(null) $(null)
+export quote-single := $(null)'$(null)#'
+export quote-double := $(null)"$(null)#"
 
-HIDE        ?= @
+# [DEBUG] make {target} HIDE=
+HIDE           ?= @
 
-env-clean   = /usr/bin/env --ignore-environment
-xargs-n1    := xargs -0 -t -n1 --no-run-if-empty
+env-clean      ?= /usr/bin/env --ignore-environment
+
+xargs-cmd       := xargs -0 -t --no-run-if-empty
+xargs-n1        := $(xargs-cmd) -n1
+xargs-n1-clean  := $(env-clean) $(xargs-n1)
+xargs-cmd-clean := $(env-clean) $(xargs-cmd)
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Not recommended but support (-u)ndef-less shell for pyenv activate
-## TODO: declare a pyenv shell
+## Intent: NOP command for targets whose dependencies do all heavy lifting
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## usage: foo bar tans
+## <tab>$(nop-command)
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+nop-cmd        := :
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Default shell:
+##   o set -e            enable error checking
+##   o set -u            report undefined errors
+##   o set -o pipefail   propogate shell pipeline failures.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+SHELL ?= /bin/bash
 have-shell-bash := $(filter bash,$(subst /,$(space),$(SHELL)))
 $(if $(have-shell-bash),$(null),\
-  $(eval export SHELL := /bin/bash -euo pipefail))
+  $(eval export SHELL := bash -euo pipefail))
 
-shell-pyenv := bash -eo pipefail
+export SHELL ?= bash -euo pipefail
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
 
diff --git a/makefiles/docker/config/voltha-lib-go.mk b/makefiles/docker/config/voltha-lib-go.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4379237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/docker/config/voltha-lib-go.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.d
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## repo:voltha-lib-go values for docker use
+
+go-cobertura-docker-mount := /app/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v7#   #
+protoc-sh-docker-mount    := /go/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5#    #
+# voltha-protos-v5          := /go/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/docker/config/voltha-openolt-adapter.mk
similarity index 63%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/docker/config/voltha-openolt-adapter.mk
index 6c7787b..4e56be0 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/docker/config/voltha-openolt-adapter.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,21 +12,14 @@
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# limitations under the License.d
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+## repo:voltha-openolt-adapter values for docker use
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+go-cobertura-docker-mount := /app/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-openolt-adapter
+protoc-sh-docker-mount    := /go/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5
+# voltha-protos-v5          := /go/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5
+
+# [EOF]
+
diff --git a/makefiles/docker/include.mk b/makefiles/docker/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd02827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/docker/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.d
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+# Per-repository
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/docker/config/$(--repo-name--).mk
+
+# ------------------- ##
+# ---]  GLOBALS  [--- ##
+# ------------------- ##
+VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 2.4.0
+
+# ---------------------------------
+# Induce error for misconfiguration
+# ---------------------------------
+go-cobertura-docker-mount ?= $(error go-cobertura-docker-mount= is required)
+protoc-sh-docker-mount    ?= $(error protoc-sh-docker-mount= is required)
+
+# ---------------------------
+# Macros: command refactoring
+# ---------------------------
+docker-iam     ?= --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g)#          # override for local use
+docker-run     = docker run --rm $(docker-iam)#        # Docker command stem
+docker-run-is  = $(docker-run) $(is-stdin)#            # Attach streams when interactive
+docker-run-app = $(docker-run-is) -v ${CURDIR}:/app#   # w/filesystem mount
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# --interactive: Attach streams when stdout (fh==0) defined
+# --tty        : Always create a pseudo-tty else jenkins:docker is silent
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+is-stdin       = $(shell test -t 0 && { echo '--interactive'; })
+is-stdin       += --tty
+
+# Docker volume mounts: container:/app/release <=> localhost:{pwd}/release
+vee-golang     = -v gocache-${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}:/go/pkg
+vee-citools    = voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}
+
+# ---------------
+# Tool Containers
+# ---------------
+docker-go-stem = $(docker-run-app) -v gocache:/.cache $(vee-golang) $(vee-citools)-golang
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage: GO := $(call get-cmd-docker-go)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-cmd-docker-go = $(docker-go-stem) go
+GO                ?= $(call get-cmd-docker-go)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage: GO_SH := $(call get-docker-go-sh,./my.env.temp)
+#    - populate my.env.temp with shell content to pass in
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-cmd-docker-go-sh = $(docker-go-stem) $(if $(1),--env-file $(1)) sh -c
+GO_SH                ?= $(call get-cmd-docker-go-sh,./my.env.temp)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage: PROTOC := $(call get-cmd-docker-protoc)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-cmd-docker-protoc = $(docker-run-app) $(vee-citools)-protoc protoc
+PROTOC                ?= $(call get-cmd-docker-protoc)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage: PROTOC_SH := $(call get-cmd-docker-protoc-sh)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-cmd-docker-protoc-sh =\
+  $(strip \
+	$(docker-run-is) \
+	  $(if $(protc-sh-docker-mount),               \
+		-v ${CURDIR}:$(protoc-sh-docker-mount) \
+		--workdir=$(protoc-sh-docker-mount)    \
+	  ) \
+	  $(vee-citools)-protoc \
+	  sh -c \
+  )
+PROTOC_SH ?= $(call get-cmd-docker-protoc-sh)
+
+# get-docker-protoc-sh = $(strip )
+#PROTOC_SH = $(docker-run-is)
+#ifdef protc-sh-docker-mount
+#   PROTOC_SH += -v ${CURDIR}:$(protoc-sh-docker-mount)
+#   PROTOC_SH += --workdir=$(protoc-sh-docker-mount)
+#endif # protoc-sh-docker-mount
+#PROTOC_SH += $(vee-citools)-protoc sh -c
+
+# Usage: GO_JUNIT_REPORT := $(call get-docker-go-junit-repo)
+# get-docker-go-junit-repo = $(docker-run-app) $(vee-citools)-go-junit-report go-junit-report
+# GO_JUNIT_REPORT   ?= $(call get-docker-go-junit-repo)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# get-docker-gocover-cobertura = $(docker-run-app)/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-openolt-adapter $(vee-citools)-gocover-cobertura gocover-cobertura
+# GOCOVER_COBERTURA ?= $(call get-docker-gocover-cobertura)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Coverage report: junit
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage: GO_JUNIT_REPORT ?= $(call get-go-junit-report-cmd)
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-go-junit-report-cmd =\
+  $(strip \
+	$(docker-run) \
+	  -v ${CURDIR}:/app \
+	  -i $(vee-citools)-go-junit-report go-junit-report \
+  )
+GO_JUNIT_REPORT ?= $(call get-go-junit-report-cmd)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Coverage report: cobertura
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage: GOCOVER_COBERTURA ?= $(call get-docker-gocover-cobertura-cmd)
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-docker-go-cobertura-cmd =\
+  $(strip \
+	$(docker-run)\
+	  -v ${CURDIR}:$(go-cobertura-docker-mount)\
+	  -i $(vee-citools)-gocover-cobertura gocover-cobertura\
+  )
+GOCOVER_COBERTURA ?= $(call get-docker-go-cobertura-cmd)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+##
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-cmd-docker-golangci-lint =\
+  $(strip \
+	$(docker-run-app) \
+	  -v gocache:/.cache \
+	  $(vee-golang)\
+	  $(vee-citools)-golangci-lint\
+	  golangci-lint\
+  )
+GOLANGCI_LINT ?= $(call get-cmd-docker-golangci-lint)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+##
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+get-docker-hadolint =\
+  $(strip \
+	$(docker-run-app)         \
+	  $(vee-citools)-hadolint \
+	  hadolint                \
+  )
+HADOLINT ?= $(call get-docker-hadolint)
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/etc/features.mk b/makefiles/etc/features.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48b42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/etc/features.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage:
+#
+# mytarget:
+#     $(call banner-enter,target $@)
+#     @echo "Hello World"
+#     $(call banner-leave,target $@)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+target-banner = ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Return a command line able to display a banner hilighting
+##         make target processing within a logfile.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+banner-enter=\
+    @echo -e \
+    "\n"\
+    "$(target-banner)\n"\
+    "** $(MAKE) ENTER: $(1)\n"\
+    "$(target-banner)"\
+
+banner-leave=\
+    @echo -e "** $(MAKE) LEAVE: $(1)"
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/etc/include.mk b/makefiles/etc/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48b42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/etc/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage:
+#
+# mytarget:
+#     $(call banner-enter,target $@)
+#     @echo "Hello World"
+#     $(call banner-leave,target $@)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+target-banner = ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Return a command line able to display a banner hilighting
+##         make target processing within a logfile.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+banner-enter=\
+    @echo -e \
+    "\n"\
+    "$(target-banner)\n"\
+    "** $(MAKE) ENTER: $(1)\n"\
+    "$(target-banner)"\
+
+banner-leave=\
+    @echo -e "** $(MAKE) LEAVE: $(1)"
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/fixes/jjb b/makefiles/fixes/jjb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90c81bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/fixes/jjb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+make: *** No rule to make target 'checkout-ci-management-sub-modules', needed by 'lint-jjb'.  Stop.
+
+  o lint-jjb should only be enabled for ci-management repos.
+  o Disable checking by assigning (NO_LINT_JJB := true) in ${repo-root}/config.mk
+
diff --git a/makefiles/gerrit/help.mk b/makefiles/gerrit/help.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ba155b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/gerrit/help.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2021-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  help-gerrit         Display help for gerrit targets'
+
+help-verbose :: help-gerrit
+
+help-gerrit:
+	@echo
+	@echo '[GERRIT]'
+	@echo '  replication-status  Report sync status of the gerrit-to-github mirror.'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/gerrit/include.mk b/makefiles/gerrit/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae76a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/gerrit/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2021-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/gerrit/help.mk
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+replication-status:
+	ssh gerrit.opencord.org replication list --detail
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# NOTE: Gerrit ssh targets assume use of ~/.ssh config files
+#       port, login, etc are 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# % ssh -p 29418 <username>@gerrit.opencord.org replication list --detail
+# % ssh gerrit.opencord.org replication list --detail
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Host gerrit.opencord.org
+#  Hostname gerrit.opencord.org
+#  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gerrit.opencord.org/{ssh_keyfile}
+#  IdentitiesOnly yes
+#  AddKeysToAgent yes
+#  Port 29418
+#  User tux@opennetworking.org
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/git/byrepo/ci-management.mk b/makefiles/git/byrepo/ci-management.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..373dc23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/git/byrepo/ci-management.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+GIT ?= git
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Checkout submodules required by ci-management
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+submodule-repos := $(null)
+submodule-repos += global-jjb
+submodule-repos += lf-ansible
+submodule-repos += packer
+
+submodule-deps := $(null)
+submodule-deps += submodules#     # named pseudo target
+submodule-deps += $(submodule-repos)
+
+.PHONY: $(submodule-deps)
+$(submodule-deps):
+	@echo
+	@echo "Checkout dependent submodules"
+	$(GIT) submodule init
+	$(GIT) submodule update
+
+# Abstraction: named target for submodule checkout
+checkout-ci-management-sub-modules: $(submodule-repos)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Revert sandbox to a pristine state.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+sterile ::
+	$(RM) -r $(submodule-repos)
+
+        # FIXME:
+        #   o restore hierarchy to avoid git status 'deleted:'
+        #   o remove: externals should not be under revision control
+	$(GIT) co $(submodule-repos)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[GIT-SUBMODULES: docs]'
+	@echo '  reload              Setup to auto-reload sphinx doc changes in browser'
+	@echo
+	@echo '[GIT-SUBMODULES: deps]'
+	@echo '  submodules          Checkout dependent git submodules'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  global-jjb          Checkout ci-management submodule global-jjb'
+	@echo '  lf-ansible          Checkout ci-management submodule lf-ansible'
+	@echo '  packer              Checkout ci-management submodule packer'
+  endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+todo ::
+	@echo "Generalize logc, update to depend on .git/ rather than named targets."
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/git/ci-management.mk b/makefiles/git/ci-management.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..373dc23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/git/ci-management.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+GIT ?= git
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Checkout submodules required by ci-management
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+submodule-repos := $(null)
+submodule-repos += global-jjb
+submodule-repos += lf-ansible
+submodule-repos += packer
+
+submodule-deps := $(null)
+submodule-deps += submodules#     # named pseudo target
+submodule-deps += $(submodule-repos)
+
+.PHONY: $(submodule-deps)
+$(submodule-deps):
+	@echo
+	@echo "Checkout dependent submodules"
+	$(GIT) submodule init
+	$(GIT) submodule update
+
+# Abstraction: named target for submodule checkout
+checkout-ci-management-sub-modules: $(submodule-repos)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Revert sandbox to a pristine state.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+sterile ::
+	$(RM) -r $(submodule-repos)
+
+        # FIXME:
+        #   o restore hierarchy to avoid git status 'deleted:'
+        #   o remove: externals should not be under revision control
+	$(GIT) co $(submodule-repos)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[GIT-SUBMODULES: docs]'
+	@echo '  reload              Setup to auto-reload sphinx doc changes in browser'
+	@echo
+	@echo '[GIT-SUBMODULES: deps]'
+	@echo '  submodules          Checkout dependent git submodules'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  global-jjb          Checkout ci-management submodule global-jjb'
+	@echo '  lf-ansible          Checkout ci-management submodule lf-ansible'
+	@echo '  packer              Checkout ci-management submodule packer'
+  endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+todo ::
+	@echo "Generalize logc, update to depend on .git/ rather than named targets."
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/git/help.mk b/makefiles/git/help.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbd33ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/git/help.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Helper makefile target used to setup for a release
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display supported targets
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-onf-git :
+	@echo
+	@echo '[GIT]'
+	@echo '  show-submodules     Display a list of repository submodules and versions'
+
+help ::
+	@echo '  help-onf-git        Display git makefile targets'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/git/include.mk b/makefiles/git/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db0623b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/git/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+ifdef USE-ONF-GIT-MK
+  --onf-make-git-- := seen
+endif
+
+ifndef --onf-make-git--
+
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/git/help.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/git/required.mk
+
+## Special snowflake: per-repository logic loader
+-include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/git/byrepo/$(--repo-name--).mk
+
+# Dynamic loading when targets are requested by name
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/git/submodules.mk
+
+endif # --onf-make-git--
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/git/required.mk b/makefiles/git/required.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44f498d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/git/required.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Conditionally load when named targets are requested.
+#   var ?= $(error ...) definitions are fatal to "make help" and others
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+git-mk-targets := $(NULL)
+git-mk-targets := show-submodules
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Define a flag to only load release targets when mentioned by name
+# Makefile can also explicitly define the flag to force always loading.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(foreach tgt,$(git-mk-targets),\
+  $(if $(findstring $(tgt),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(eval USE-ONF-GIT-MK := true))\
+)
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/git/submodules.mk b/makefiles/git/submodules.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c2fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/git/submodules.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+show-submodules:
+
+	$(HIDE)cat .gitmodules
+
+	@echo
+	$(HIDE) git submodule
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# https://github.com/lfit/releng-global-jjb/tags
+# git checkout v0.86.7
+# [crucible:global-jjb] git checkout v0.86.7
+# Previous HEAD position was 5dc3432 Update regexp in lf-infra-ship-logs macro
+# HEAD is now at c5bd1d3 Fix: Pin urllib3~=1.26.15 in pypi dist jobs
+
+# 5dc3432cae2f13d9e5151a00a76a78ce73d92d70 global-jjb (v0.53.3)
+# 0d88f8b7a24b53b1c3e189e30ab94373c51eea91 lf-ansible (0d88f8b)
+# 4a5b0cd9032938194c4813fe36663ddee4f9e60e packer/common-packer (v0.1.0~22)
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30301510/git-submodule-specify-version
+# cd global-jjb
+# git checkout v0.86.7
+# cd -
+# git commit . -m "use submodule v0.86.7"
+
+# https://github.com/lfit/releng-lf-ansible.git
+# tag==master, no release
+
+# https://github.com/lfit/releng-common-packer.git
+# cd packer/common-packer
+# git checkout v0.12.1
+# cd -
+# git commit . -m "use submodule v0.12.1""
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/help.mk b/makefiles/help.mk
index f62f064..3744d74 100644
--- a/makefiles/help.mk
+++ b/makefiles/help.mk
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@
 	@echo "  lint-mod             : Verify the integrity of the 'mod' files"
 	@echo "  sca                  : "
 
+	@echo
+	@echo "  % $(MAKE) help-{topic} VERBOSE=1"
+	@echo "                       : Extended makefile target help"
+
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/help/header.mk b/makefiles/help/header.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..021ac0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/help/header.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+help :
+	@echo "Usage: make [options] [target] ..."
+	@echo "Targets:"
+	@echo "  help                        This message"
diff --git a/makefiles/help/include.mk b/makefiles/help/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01efdc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/help/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: help help-summary help-simple help-verbose
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Render topic/tool based makefile help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Three targets are used to render conditional makefile help
+##    help-summary      A one-line target summary for the topic
+##    help-simple       Common targets for the topic (lint-helm, build, test)
+##    help-verbose      Exhaustive display of supported targets
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## [COOKBOOK]
+##   help colon-colon   All 'help' targets are evaluated for 'make help'
+##   help-banner        Display a usage banner for help
+##   help-summary       Display all one-line topic summary help
+##     [conditonal]
+##   help-simple        Display all common topic makefile targets.
+##   help-verbose       Exhaustive display of makefile target help.
+##     VERBOSE=
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## [See Also] makefiles/gerrit/{include.mk, help.mk}
+##   help-gerrit        Summary targets can always be used to display topic help
+##   help-verbose       Exhaustive gerrit target display.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help :: help-banner help-summary
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display a usage banner for help.  Target will be evaluated
+##         before all other help display.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-banner:
+	@echo "Usage: $(MAKE) [options] [target] ..."
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display extended help.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Question:
+##   o Help display can be long based on volume of targets.
+##   o Should a 3rd case be added to display:
+##      - help-simple (one-liner help) by default
+##      - conditional display of extended help:
+##          - help-simple or help-verbose
+##   o Current logic displays extended help by default.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage: see makefiles/targets/test.mk
+##    test-verbose += help-check#      # append help target to help-verbose
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifdef VERBOSE
+  help-verbose += help-verbose
+  help :: $(help-verbose)
+else
+  help :: help-simple
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display context specific help for named targets.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## [TODO] Display a list of help-* tokens for target specific content:
+##    % make help-check
+##    % make help-test
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## [TODO] Define LEVEL= or helper targets (help-lint-{level})
+##        for extended help w/o information overload
+##    [0] help               # make help
+##    [1] help-lint          # make help-verbose or (VERBOSE=1)
+##    [2] help-lint-shell    # make help-lint VERBOSE=1  (??)
+##    [2] help-lint-yaml
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-index ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[HELP] - An index of help context for common targets'
+	@echo '  help-index          This message'
+	$(HIDE)\
+  for name in $(sort $(help-verbose)); do\
+    echo "  $$name";\
+  done
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display simple extended target help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-simple :: help-index
+	@echo
+	@echo '[VIEW]'
+	@echo '  reload              Setup to auto-reload sphinx doc changes in browser'
+	@echo '  view-html           View generated documentation'
+	@echo
+	@echo '[TEST]'
+	@echo "  test                $(MAKE) lint linkcheck"
+	@echo "  test-all            $(MAKE) all-generation-targets"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/help/trailer.mk b/makefiles/help/trailer.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fcdfa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/help/trailer.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# include this makefile late so text will be displayed at the end6
+
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[CLEAN]'
+	@echo '  clean               Remove generated targets'
+	@echo '  sterile             clean + remove virtual env interpreter install'
+
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[HELP]'
+	@echo '  help                Display program help'
+	@echo '  help-verbose        Display additional targets and help'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# repo::voltha-docs -- patch logic not deployed everywhere.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# help ::
+#	@echo
+#	@echo '[NOTE: python 3.10+]'
+#	@echo '  The interpreter is not yet fully supported across foreign repositories.'
+#	@echo '  While working locally, if make fails to build a target try:'
+#	@echo '      $(MAKE) $${target} NO_OTHER_REPO_DOCS=1'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/help/variables.mk b/makefiles/help/variables.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a22b179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/help/variables.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Include variables.mk after library makefiles have been included
+
+ifdef VERBOSE
+  help :: help-variables
+else
+  help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[VARIABLES] - Conditional makefile behavior'
+	@echo '  see also: help-variables'
+endif
+
+help-variables:
+	@echo
+	@echo '[VARIABLES] - Conditional makefile behavior'
+	@echo '  NO_PATCHES=           Do not apply patches to the python virtualenv'
+	@echo '  NO_OTHER_REPO_DOCS=   No foreign repos, only apply target to local sources.'
+	@echo '  VERBOSE=              Display extended help topics'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/include.mk b/makefiles/include.mk
index 023060e..a47a91c 100644
--- a/makefiles/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/include.mk
@@ -14,25 +14,60 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifndef mk-include--onf-make # single-include guard macro
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-ONF_MAKE ?= $(MAKEDIR)# fix this -- two distinct makefile imports needed
-ONF_MAKE ?= $(error ONF_MAKE= is required)
-
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Define vars based on relative import (normalize symlinks)
+## Usage: include makefiles/onf/include.mk
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-help::
-	@echo "Usage: make [options] [target] ..."
+onf-mk-abs    ?= $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+onf-mk-top    := $(subst /include.mk,$(null),$(onf-mk-abs))
+ONF_MAKEDIR   := $(onf-mk-top)
 
-include $(ONF_MAKE)/consts.mk
-include $(ONF_MAKE)/help.mk
-include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/include.mk
-# include $(ONF_MAKE)/python/include.mk
+TOP ?= $(patsubst %/makefiles/include.mk,%,$(onf-mk-abs))
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/consts.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/help/include.mk       # render target help
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/utils/include.mk      # dependency-less helper macros
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/etc/include.mk        # banner macros
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/commands/include.mk   # Tools and local installers
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/virtualenv.mk#        # lint-{jjb,python} depends on venv
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/include.mk
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/gerrit/include.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/git/include.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/jjb/include.mk
+
+# include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/release/include.mk
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/todo.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/help/variables.mk
+
+##---------------------##
+##---]  ON_DEMAND  [---##
+##---------------------##
+$(if $(USE-ONF-GERRIT-MK),$(eval include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/gerrit/include.mk))
+$(if $(USE-ONF-DOCKER-MK),$(eval include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/docker/include.mk))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/targets/include.mk # clean, sterile, tox
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
 
+mk-include--onf-make := true
+
+endif # mk-include--onf-make
+
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/jjb/help.mk b/makefiles/jjb/help.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..331c68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/jjb/help.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Helper makefile target used to setup for a release
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display supported targets
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-jjb:
+	@echo
+	@echo '[JJB]'
+	@echo '  jjb-gen             Generate a local set of JJB pipelines'
+
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '    LOGS=1            Display log from jjb-gen target'
+	@echo '    VERBOSE=1         Display generated pipeline files'
+  endif
+
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo '  help-jjb            Display Jenkins Job Builder targets'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/jjb/include.mk
similarity index 60%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/jjb/include.mk
index 6c7787b..90121dc 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/jjb/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,19 +14,23 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/jjb/help.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/jjb/required.mk
+
+ifdef USE-ONF-JJB-MK
+  # Dynamic loading when targets are requested by name
+  include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/jjb/targets.mk
+endif
+
+# [EOF]
+
+
diff --git a/makefiles/jjb/required.mk b/makefiles/jjb/required.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17371e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/jjb/required.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Conditionally load when named targets are requested.
+#   var ?= $(error ...) definitions are fatal to "make help" and others
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+onf-mk-jjb-targets := $(NULL)
+onf-mk-jjb-targets += jjb-gen
+onf-mk-jjb-targets += sterile
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Define a flag to only load release targets when mentioned by name
+# Makefile can also explicitly define the flag to force always loading.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(foreach tgt,$(onf-mk-jjb-targets),\
+  $(if $(findstring $(tgt),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(eval USE-ONF-JJB-MK := true))\
+)
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/jjb/targets.mk b/makefiles/jjb/targets.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17fc78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/jjb/targets.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Helper makefile target used to setup for a release
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+jjb-gen-dir := build
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+all: help
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Generate pipeline jobs
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: jjb-gen
+
+jjb-gen-log := $(jjb-gen-dir)/jjb-gen.log
+jjb-gen:
+	@mkdir -p $(jjb-gen-dir)
+
+	@echo
+	@echo "** Generating pipelines (target: $@)"
+	@touch "$(jjb-gen-dir)/.sentinel"
+	( jenkins-jobs test $(PWD)/jjb -o $(jjb-gen-dir) 3>&1 2>&1 )\
+	   > "$(jjb-gen-log)"
+
+  ifdef LOGS
+	-@less "$(jjb-gen-log)"
+  endif
+
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo
+	@echo "** Display generated pipelines"
+	find "$(jjb-gen-dir)" -newer "$(jjb-gen-dir)/.sentinel" -ls
+  endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+sterile ::
+	$(RM) -r $(jjb-gen-dir)
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/groovy.mk b/makefiles/lint/groovy.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6baf70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/groovy.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+groovy-check      := npm-groovy-lint
+
+groovy-check-args := $(null)
+# groovy-check-args += --loglevel info
+# groovy-check-args += --ignorepattern
+# groovy-check-args += --verbose
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+ifndef NO-LINT-GROOVY
+  lint : lint-groovy
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Perform a lint check on command line script sources
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-groovy:
+	$(groovy-check) --version
+	@echo
+	$(HIDE)$(env-clean) find . -iname '*.groovy' -print0 \
+  | $(xargs-n1) $(groovy-check) $(groovy-check-args)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  lint-groovy          Syntax check groovy sources'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/groovy/README.md b/makefiles/lint/groovy/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa9b41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/groovy/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# lint: groovy source
+
+# Invoke the linting tool
+% make lint-groovy
+
+# Alt checking: groovy interpreter
+
+Odd syntax errors can be detected by the groovy interpreter.
+
+% groovy path/to/{source}.groovy
+
+jjb/ pipeline scripts will eventually due to syntax problems but groovy can
+still detect problems like mismatched quotes, invalid op tokens, etc.
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/groovy/urls b/makefiles/lint/groovy/urls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa5c5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/groovy/urls
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+# Config file and exclusions
+https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-groovy-lint#Configuration
+
+https://github.com/nvuillam/npm-groovy-lint
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/lint/help.mk
similarity index 61%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/lint/help.mk
index 6c7787b..24a5aa1 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/lint/help.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2021-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,20 +13,19 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+help ::
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  help-lint           Display lint target help'
+
+help-simple :: help-lint
+help-lint  :
+	@echo
+	@echo "[LINT]"
+	@echo '  help-lint           Display lint target help'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/include.mk
index 2a2d9ab..e831985 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/lint/include.mk
@@ -1,23 +1,52 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.1
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 help ::
 	@echo
 	@echo "[LINT]"
 
-include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/makefile.mk
-include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/python.mk
-include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/shell.mk
+## moved to config.mk
+## Disable python linting in bulk ?
+# ifdef NO-LINT-PYTHON
+#   NO-LINT-FLAKE8 := true
+#   NO-LINT-PYLINT := true
+# endif
 
-ifdef YAML_FILES
-  include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/yaml/python.mk
-else
-  include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk
-endif
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/groovy.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/jjb.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/json.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/license/include.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/makefile.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/python/include.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/shellcheck/include.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/tox/include.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/include.mk
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/help.mk
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
 
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/include.mk.bk b/makefiles/lint/include.mk.bk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a2d9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/include.mk.bk
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo "[LINT]"
+
+include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/makefile.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/python.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/shell.mk
+
+ifdef YAML_FILES
+  include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/yaml/python.mk
+else
+  include $(ONF_MAKE)/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk
+endif
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/jjb.mk b/makefiles/lint/jjb.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f7e7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/jjb.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-venv
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+ifndef NO-LINT-JJB
+  lint : lint-jjb
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct command line for linting jenkins-job-builder config
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifdef DEBUG
+  lint-jjb-args += --log_level DEBUG#         # verbosity: high
+else
+  lint-jjb-args += --log_level INFO#          # verbosity: default
+endif
+lint-jjb-args += --ignore-cache
+lint-jjb-args += test#                        # command action
+lint-jjb-args += -o archives/job-configs#     # Generated jobs written here
+lint-jjb-args += --recursive
+lint-jjb-args += --config-xml#                # JJB v3.0 write to OUTPUT/jobname/config.xml
+lint-jjb-args += jjb/#                        # JJB config sources (input)
+
+lint-jjb-deps := $(null)
+lint-jjb-deps += $(venv-activate-script) 
+lint-jjb-deps += checkout-ci-management-sub-modules
+lint-jjb: $(lint-jjb-deps)
+	$(activate) && { jenkins-jobs $(lint-jjb-args); }
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo '  lint-jjb               Validate jjb job generation'
+ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '    DEBUG=1                lint-jjb --log_level=DEBUG'
+endif
+
+# [ERRORS]
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# make: *** No rule to make target 'checkout-ci-management-sub-modules', needed by 'lint-jjb'.  Stop.
+#   o jjb lint checking is only valid for ci-management repos.
+#   o Enable (NO_LINT_JJB := true) in ${repo-root}/config.mk
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/json.mk b/makefiles/lint/json.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1deeaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/json.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-json lint-json-all lint-json-modified
+
+have-json-files := $(if $(strip $(JSON_FILES)),true)
+JSON_FILES      ?= $(error JSON_FILES= required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Use the json command to perform syntax checking.
+##   o If UNSTABLE=1 syntax check all sources
+##   o else only check sources modified by the developer.
+## Usage:
+##   % make lint UNSTABLE=1
+##   % make lint-json-all
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-JSON
+  lint-json-mode := $(if $(have-json-files),modified,all)
+  lint : lint-json-$(lint-json-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-JSON
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: exhaustive json syntax checking
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+json-find-args := $(null)
+json-find-args += -name '$(venv-name)'
+lint-json-all:	
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-json-install
+
+	$(activate)\
+ && find . \( $(json-find-args) \) -prune -o -name '*.json' -print0 \
+	| $(xargs-n1) python -m json.tool > /dev/null ;\
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: check deps for format and python3 cleanliness
+## Note:
+##   json --py3k option no longer supported
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-json-modified: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-json-install
+
+	$(activate)\
+ && for jsonfile in $(JSON_FILES); do \
+        echo "Validating json file: $$jsonfile" ;\
+        python -m json.tool $$jsonfile > /dev/null ;\
+    done
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent:
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-json-install
+lint-json-install: $(venv-activate-script)
+	@echo
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	@echo "** json syntax checking"
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+#	$(activate) && pip install --upgrade json.tool
+#       $(activate) && python -m json.tool --version (?-howto-?)
+	@echo
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-json          Syntax check python using the json command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  lint-json-all       json checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-json-modified  json checking: only modified'
+  endif
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/license/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/license/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b42049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/license/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+ifndef NO-LINT-REUSE
+  lint : lint-license
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Perform a lint check on makefile sources
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-license:
+	reuse --root . lint
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  lint-reuse              License syntax checking'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/license/reuse.mk b/makefiles/lint/license/reuse.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5572bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/license/reuse.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+ifndef NO-LINT-REUSE
+  lint : lint-license
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Perform a lint check on makefile sources
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-license:
+	reuse --root . lint
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  lint-reuse              License syntax checking"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/makefile.mk b/makefiles/lint/makefile.mk
index 522d027..27206e0 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/makefile.mk
+++ b/makefiles/lint/makefile.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ##-------------------##
@@ -14,7 +26,8 @@
 make-check-find += -o \( -iname makefile -o -name '*.mk' \)
 make-check-find += -type f -print0
 
-make-check    := $(env-clean) $(MAKE)
+make-check      := $(MAKE)
+
 make-check-args += --dry-run
 make-check-args += --keep-going
 make-check-args += --warn-undefined-variables
@@ -31,14 +44,22 @@
 endif
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Perform a lint check on makefile sources
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-make-ignore += JSON_FILES=
+lint-make-ignore += YAML_FILES=
 lint-make:
+	@echo
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	@echo "** Makefile syntax checking"
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
 	$(HIDE)$(env-clean) $(make-check-find) \
-	    | $(xargs-n1-local) $(make-check) $(make-check-args)
+	    | $(xargs-n1-local) $(make-check) $(make-check-args) $(lint-make-ignore)
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command help
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-help ::
-	@echo '  lint-make                     Syntax check [Mm]akefile and *.mk'
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  lint-make           Syntax check [Mm]akefile and *.mk'
 
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/python.mk b/makefiles/lint/python.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 9252657..0000000
--- a/makefiles/lint/python.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# -*- makefile -*-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-##-------------------##
-##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
-##-------------------##
-
-# Gather sources to check
-# TODO: implement deps, only check modified files
-python-check-find := find . -name '*venv*' -prune\
-  -o \( -name '*.py' \)\
-  -type f -print0
-
-# python-check    := $(env-clean) pylint
-python-check    := pylint
-
-# python-check-args += --dry-run
-
-##-------------------##
-##---]  TARGETS  [---##
-##-------------------##
-ifndef NO-LINT-PYTHON
-  lint : lint-python
-endif
-
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-lint-python:
-	$(HIDE)$(env-clean) $(python-check-find) \
-	    | $(xargs-n1) $(python-check) $(python-check-args)
-
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-help ::
-	@echo '  lint-python                   Syntax check python sources'
-
-# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/python/find_utils.mk b/makefiles/lint/python/find_utils.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab4c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/python/find_utils.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent:
+#   o Construct a find command able to gather python files with filtering.
+#   o Used by library makefiles flake8.mk and pylint.mk for iteration.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a string for invoking find \( excl-pattern \) -prune
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-python-find-excl = \
+  $(strip \
+	-name '__ignored__' \
+	$(foreach dir,$($(1)),-o -name $(dir)) \
+  )
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a find command to gather a list of python files
+##         with exclusions.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage:
+#	$(activate) & $(call gen-python-find-cmd) | $(args-n1) pylint
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-python-find-cmd = \
+  $(strip \
+    find . \
+      \( $(call gen-python-find-excl,onf-excl-dirs) \) -prune \
+      -o -name '*.py' \
+      -print0 \
+  )
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/python/flake8.mk b/makefiles/lint/python/flake8.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..decdfe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/python/flake8.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-flake8 lint-flake8-all lint-flake8-modified
+
+PYTHON_FILES      ?= $(error PYTHON_FILES= required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Use the flake8 command to perform syntax checking.
+## Usage:
+##   % make lint
+##   % make lint-flake8-all
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-FLAKE8
+  lint-flake8-mode := $(if $(have-python-files),modified,all)
+  lint        : lint-flake8
+  lint-flake8 : lint-flake8-$(lint-flake8-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-FLAKE8
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: exhaustive flake8 syntax checking
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-flake8-all: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-flake8-install
+
+	$(activate) && $(call gen-python-find-cmd) \
+	    | $(xargs-n1) flake8 --max-line-length=99 --count
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: check deps for format and python3 cleanliness
+## Note:
+##   pylint --py3k option no longer supported
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-flake8-modified: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-flake8-install
+
+	$(activate) && flake8 --max-line-length=99 --count $(PYTHON_FILES)
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Install the flake8 tool for checking
+## Todo:
+##   o Update to use file dependencies VS generic target always called
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-flake8-install
+lint-flake8-install: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(activate) && pip install --upgrade flake8
+	$(activate) && flake8 --version
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+	@echo
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-flake8          Syntax check python using the flake8 command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  $(MAKE) lint-pylint PYTHON_FILES=...'
+	@echo '  lint-flake8-modified  flake8 checking: only modified'
+	@echo '  lint-flake8-all       flake8 checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-flake8-install   Install the flake8 command'
+  endif
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/lint/python/include.mk
similarity index 62%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/lint/python/include.mk
index 6c7787b..ce7d7af 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/lint/python/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,20 +13,19 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+$(if $(UNSTABLE),$(eval lint-python-all := true))
+
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/python/find_utils.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/python/flake8.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/python/pylint.mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/python/pylint.mk b/makefiles/lint/python/pylint.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..489c347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/python/pylint.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-pylint lint-pylint-all lint-pylint-modified
+
+PYTHON_FILES      ?= $(error PYTHON_FILES= required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Use the pylint command to perform syntax checking.
+##   o If UNSTABLE=1 syntax check all sources
+##   o else only check sources modified by the developer.
+## Usage:
+##   % make lint UNSTABLE=1
+##   % make lint-pylint-all
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-PYLINT
+  lint-pylint-mode := $(if $(have-python-files),modified,all)
+  lint        : lint-pylint
+  lint-pylint : lint-pylint-$(lint-pylint-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-PYLINT
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: exhaustive pylint syntax checking
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-pylint-all: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-pylint-install
+
+	$(activate) && $(call gen-python-find-cmd) | $(xargs-n1) pylint
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: check deps for format and python3 cleanliness
+## Note:
+##   pylint --py3k option no longer supported
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-pylint-modified: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-pylint-install
+
+	$(activate) && pylint $(PYTHON_FILES)
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Install the pylint tool for checking
+## Todo:
+##   o Update to use file dependencies VS generic target always called
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-pylint-install
+lint-pylint-install: $(venv-activate-script)
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(activate) && pip install --upgrade pylint
+	$(activate) && pylint --version
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+	@echo
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-pylint          Syntax check python using the pylint command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  $(MAKE) lint-pylint PYTHON_FILES=...'
+	@echo '  lint-pylint-modified  pylint checking: only modified'
+	@echo '  lint-pylint-all       pylint checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-pylint-install   Install the pylint command'
+  endif
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/robot.mk b/makefiles/lint/robot.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f33c4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/robot.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ROBOT_FILES ?= $(error ROBOT_FILES= is required)
+
+LINT_ARGS ?= --verbose --configure LineTooLong:130 -e LineTooLong \
+             --configure TooManyTestSteps:65 -e TooManyTestSteps \
+             --configure TooManyTestCases:50 -e TooManyTestCases \
+             --configure TooFewTestSteps:1 \
+             --configure TooFewKeywordSteps:1 \
+             --configure FileTooLong:2000 -e FileTooLong \
+             -e TrailingWhitespace
+
+
+.PHONY: lint-robot
+
+ifndef NO-LINT-ROBOT
+  lint : lint-robot
+endif
+
+lint-robot: vst_venv
+	source ./$</bin/activate \
+	    ; set -u \
+	    ; rflint $(LINT_ARGS) $(ROBOT_FILES)
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-robot           Syntax check robot sources using rflint"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/shell.mk b/makefiles/lint/shell.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index cadc084..0000000
--- a/makefiles/lint/shell.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# -*- makefile -*-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-##-------------------##
-##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
-##-------------------##
-
-# Gather sources to check
-# TODO: implement deps, only check modified files
-shell-check-find := find .
-# vendor scripts but they really should be lintable
-shell-check-find += -name 'vendor' -prune
-shell-check-find += -o \( -name '*.sh' \)
-shell-check-find += -type f -print0
-
-# shell-check    := $(env-clean) pylint
-shell-check      := shellcheck
-
-shell-check-args += -a
-
-##-------------------##
-##---]  TARGETS  [---##
-##-------------------##
-ifndef NO-LINT-SHELL
-  lint : lint-shell
-endif
-
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-lint-shell:
-	$(shell-check) -V
-	@echo
-	$(HIDE)$(env-clean) $(shell-check-find) \
-	    | $(xargs-n1) $(shell-check) $(shell-check-args)
-
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-help ::
-	@echo '  lint-shell                    Syntax check shell sources'
-
-# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/find_utils.mk b/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/find_utils.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ea4e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/find_utils.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent:
+#   o Construct a find command able to gather shell files for checking.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a string for invoking find \( excl-pattern \) -prune
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-shellcheck-find-excl = \
+  $(strip \
+	-name '__ignored__' \
+	$(foreach dir,$($(1)),-o -name $(dir)) \
+  )
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a find command to gather a list of python files
+##         with exclusions.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage:
+#	$(activate) & $(call gen-python-find-cmd) | $(args-n1) pylint
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-shellcheck-find-cmd = \
+  $(strip \
+    find . \
+      \( $(call gen-shellcheck-find-excl,onf-excl-dirs) \) -prune \
+      -o \( -iname '*.sh' \) \
+      -print0 \
+  )
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8c6c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifndef mk-include--onf-lint-shellcheck # single-include guard macro
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+# include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/shellcheck/help.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/shellcheck/find_utils.mk
+
+# Standard lint-yaml targets
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/shellcheck/shellcheck.mk
+
+mk-include--onf-lint-shellcheck := true#        # Flag to inhibit re-including
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+endif # mk-include--onf-lint-shellcheck
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/shellcheck.mk b/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/shellcheck.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c466e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/shellcheck/shellcheck.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+shell-check    := $(env-clean) shellcheck
+
+shell-check-args += --check-sourced
+shell-check-args += --external-sources
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+ifndef NO-LINT-SHELLCHECK
+  lint : lint-shellcheck
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Perform a lint check on command line script sources
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-shellcheck: # shellcheck-version
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(call gen-shellcheck-find-cmd) \
+	    | $(xargs-cmd-clean) -I'{}' \
+	        bash -c "$(shell-check) $(shell-check-args) {}"
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display yamllint command version string.
+##   Note: As a side effect, install yamllint by dependency
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: shellcheck-cmd-version
+shellcheck-cmd-version :
+
+	@echo
+	$(shell-check) -V
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-summary ::
+	@echo '  lint-shellcheck          Syntax check shell sources'
+
+# [SEE ALSO]
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   o https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/Directive
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/lint/tox/include.mk
similarity index 69%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/lint/tox/include.mk
index 6c7787b..7d7cf3e 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/lint/tox/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,19 +14,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/tox/tox.mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/tox/tox.mk b/makefiles/lint/tox/tox.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35cec00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/tox/tox.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-tox lint-tox-all lint-tox-modified
+
+PYTHON_FILES      ?= $(error PYTHON_FILES= required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Sanity check incoming JJB config changes.
+##   Todo: Depend on makefiles/lint/jjb.mk :: lint-jjb
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-TOX
+  lint-tox-mode := $(if $(have-python-files),modified,all)
+  lint     : lint-tox
+  lint-tox : lint-tox-$(lint-tox-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-TOX
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Invoke tox on all sources
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-tox-all: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-tox-install
+
+	$(activate) && tox -e py310
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Invoke tox on modified sources (target is mainly for consistency)
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-tox-modified: $(venv-activate-script)
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-tox-install
+
+	$(activate) && tox -e py310 $(PYTHON_FILES)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: https://tox.wiki/en/4.6.4/installation.html
+##   python -m pip install pipx-in-pipx --user
+##   pipx install tox
+##   tox --help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Note:
+##   o simple: Installed through requirements.txt
+##   o This target can make usage on-demand.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-tox-install
+lint-tox-install: $(venv-activate-script)
+	@echo
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	@echo "** python tox syntax checking"
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	$(activate) && pip install --upgrade tox
+	$(activate) && tox --version
+	@echo
+
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-tox             Invoke the tox test command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  $(MAKE) lint-tox PYTHON_FILES=...'
+	@echo '  lint-tox-modified  tox checking: only modified'
+	@echo '  lint-tox-all       tox checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-tox-install     Install the tox command'
+  endif
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/urls b/makefiles/lint/urls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5694a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/urls
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/Directive
+
+# [EOF]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/.yamllint b/makefiles/lint/yaml/.yamllint
index 6a4fc1e..c42c6d5 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/.yamllint
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/.yamllint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/include.mk
similarity index 66%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/include.mk
index 6c7787b..6cbd0ea 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,20 +13,15 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/byrepo/$(--repo-name--)/yamllint.mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/python.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/python.mk
similarity index 93%
rename from makefiles/lint/yaml/python.mk
rename to makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/python.mk
index 868d9b7..cf0eef5 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/python.mk
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/python.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/repo b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99e8451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/repo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Source from voltha-lib-go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/todo b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/todo
similarity index 93%
rename from makefiles/lint/yaml/todo
rename to makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/todo
index 8a9367b..8400c64 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/todo
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/todo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ##-------------------##
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/urls b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/urls
similarity index 100%
rename from makefiles/lint/yaml/urls
rename to makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/urls
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/yamllint.helm
similarity index 92%
rename from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
rename to makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/yamllint.helm
index 6c7787b..bf1d2b9 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/yamllint.helm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/yamllint.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/yamllint.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb56e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/byrepo/voltha-lib-go/yamllint.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+--onf-mk-lint-yaml-- := true#       # Inhibit loading downstream lint-yaml targets
+
+# yamllint      := $(env-clean) yamllint
+# yamllint      := $(activate) && yamllint
+
+YAMLLINT = $(activate) && yamllint
+
+## -------------------------------
+## Add requirement(s) for checking
+## -------------------------------
+yamllint-cfg  := yamllint.helm
+yamllint-conf = $(wildcard $(yamllint-cfg) $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/$(yamllint-cfg))
+yamllint-args += $(addprefix --config-file$(space),$(yamllint-conf))
+yamllint-args += --strict
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Use the yaml command to perform syntax checking.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-YAML
+  # lint-yaml-mode := $(if $(have-yaml-files),modified,all)
+  lint      : lint-yaml
+  lint-yaml : lint-yaml-votlha-lib-go
+#  lint-yaml : lint-yaml-all-votlha-lib-go-$(lint-yaml-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-YAML
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-yaml-votlha-lib-go: lint-yaml-cmd-version
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-yaml-install
+
+	$(HIDE)$(env-clean) $(call gen-yaml-find-cmd) \
+	    | $(env-clean) $(xargs-cmd) -I'{}' \
+		bash -c "$(YAMLLINT) $(yamllint-args) {}"
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+  # lint-yaml help already displayed by lint/yaml/help.mk
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  $(MAKE) lint-yaml YAML_FILES=...'
+	@echo '  lint-yaml-votlha-lib-go   lint-yaml for repo:voltha-lib-go'
+  endif
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/find_utils.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/find_utils.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d4cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/find_utils.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent:
+#   o Construct a find command able to gather python files with filtering.
+#   o Used by library makefiles flake8.mk and pylint.mk for iteration.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a string for invoking find \( excl-pattern \) -prune
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-yaml-find-excl = \
+  $(strip \
+	-name '__ignored__' \
+	$(foreach dir,$($(1)),-o -name $(dir)) \
+  )
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct a find command to gather a list of python files
+##         with exclusions.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Usage:
+#	$(activate) & $(call gen-python-find-cmd) | $(args-n1) pylint
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+gen-yaml-find-cmd = \
+  $(strip \
+    find . \
+      \( $(call gen-yaml-find-excl,onf-excl-dirs) \) -prune \
+      -o \( -iname '*.yaml' -o -iname '*.yml' \) \
+      -print0 \
+  )
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/help.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/help.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef8621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/help.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display a help banner early so includes below that also define
+##         help targets will be displayed beneath a high level banner.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+  ifndef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  lint-yaml          Invoke all yaml linting targets'
+  else
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory help-lint-yaml
+  endif
+
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display extended target help
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-lint-yaml:
+	@echo
+	@echo '[LINT: yaml]   (make lint-yaml VERBOSE=1)'
+	@echo '  lint-yaml          Invoke all yaml linting targets'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26c4a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifndef --onf-mk-lint-yaml--
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/help.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/find_utils.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/install.mk
+
+# [TODO] Consolidate and refactor to support a simpler answer
+# Special snowflake linting requirements
+-include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/byrepo/$(--repo-name--)/include.mk
+
+# Standard lint-yaml targets
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk
+
+--onf-mk-lint-yaml-- := true#        # Flag to inhibit re-including
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+endif # --onf-mk-lint-yaml--
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/install.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/install.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62b777d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/install.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Install the yamllint tool
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-yaml-install
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# We can(/should?) define a command macro
+# wait a bit until use cases are better known.
+# Initial use required inserting xargs bash -c "$(YAMLLINT) {}"
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# YAMLLINT ?= $(venv-activate-bin)/yamllint
+# YAMLLINT ?= $(activate) && yamllint
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display yamllint command version string.
+##   Note: As a side effect, install yamllint by dependency
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-yaml-cmd-version
+lint-yaml-cmd-version : $(venv-activate-bin)/yamllint
+
+	$(HIDE) echo
+	$< --version
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: On-demand instalation of the yamllint command
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-yaml-install := $(venv-activate-bin)/yamllint
+$(lint-yaml-install) : $(venv-activate-script)
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(activate) && pip install yamllint
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Purge yamllint tool installation
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+sterile ::
+	$(HIDE)$(RM) "$(venv-abs-bin)/yamllint"
+	$(HIDE)$(RM) -r .venv/lib/*/site-packages/yamllint
+
+        # Remove both file:command and dir:libraries
+        # find "$(venv-abs-path)" -iname 'yamllint' -print0 \
+        #    | $(xargs-n1-clean) $(RM) -r {}
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-yaml-install       Install the yamllint tool'
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk
index 9556a45..1563c7c 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
 #
@@ -13,41 +13,66 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-yamllint      := $(env-clean) yamllint
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-yaml lint-yaml-all lint-yaml-modified
 
-## -------------------------------
-## Add requirement(s) for checking
-## -------------------------------
-# yamllint-cfg := .yamllint
-yamllint-cfg := yamllint.helm
-yamllint-conf = $(wildcard $(yamllint-cfg) $(MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml/$(yamllint-cfg))
-yamllint-args += $(addprefix --config-file$(space),$(yamllint-conf))
+have-yaml-files := $(if $(strip $(YAML_FILES)),true)
+YAML_FILES      ?= $(error YAML_FILES= is required)
 
-# yamllint-args := --no-warnings
-# yamllint-args := --strict
-
-yamllint-find := find . -name 'vendor' -prune
-yamllint-find += -o -name '*.yaml' -type f
-yamllint-find += -print0
+YAMLLINT = $(activate) && yamllint
+yamllint-args += --strict
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Use the yaml command to perform syntax checking.
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-lint lint-yaml:
-	$(HIDE)$(env-clean) $(yamllint-find) \
-	    | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty -t -n1 $(yamllint) $(yamllint-args)
+ifndef NO-LINT-YAML
+  lint-yaml-mode := $(if $(have-yaml-files),modified,all)
+  lint      : lint-yaml
+  lint-yaml : lint-yaml-$(lint-yaml-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-YAML
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: exhaustive yaml syntax checking
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-yaml-all: lint-yaml-cmd-version
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-yaml-install
+	$(HIDE)$(activate) && $(call gen-yaml-find-cmd) \
+	    | $(env-clean) $(xargs-cmd) -I'{}' \
+		bash -c "$(YAMLLINT) $(yamllint-args) {}"
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: check deps for format and python3 cleanliness
+## Note:
+##   yaml --py3k option no longer supported
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-yaml-modified: lint-yaml-cmd-version
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@)
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-yaml-install
+	$(YAMLLINT) $(yamllint-args) $(YAML_FILES)
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 help::
-	@echo "  lint-yaml                     Syntax check yaml sources"
+	@echo '  lint-yaml          Syntax check python using the yaml command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  $(MAKE) lint-yaml YAML_FILES=...'
+	@echo '  lint-yaml-all       yaml checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-yaml-modified  yaml checking: only locally modified'
+	@echo '  lint-yaml-install   Install the pylint command'
+  endif
 
-$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
 
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/python/include.mk b/makefiles/python/include.mk
index 24f3426..f46aea0 100644
--- a/makefiles/python/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/python/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ifdef PYTHON_FILES
-  include $(ONF_MAKE)/python/test/include.mk
+  include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/python/test/include.mk
 else
-  include $(ONF_MAKE)/python/test/include.mk
+  include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/python/test/include.mk
 endif
 
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/python/test/include.mk b/makefiles/python/test/include.mk
index 12afc3e..026fe68 100644
--- a/makefiles/python/test/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/python/test/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/makefiles/targets/check.mk b/makefiles/targets/check.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa1b0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/targets/check.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: check
+check : lint lint-yaml lint-jjb
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-verbose += help-check
+help-check ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[MAKE: check]'
+	@echo '  check               pre-commit checking, with extra targets (default:NO, jenkins:FAIL)'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/targets/clean.mk b/makefiles/targets/clean.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f787e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/targets/clean.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Remove makefile generated content
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: clean
+clean ::
+	$(RM) -r $(JOBCONFIG_DIR)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-verbose += help-clean
+help-clean ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[MAKE: clean]'
+	@echo '  clean               Remove makefile generated content'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/targets/include.mk b/makefiles/targets/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20e1bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/targets/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/targets/clean.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/targets/check.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/targets/sterile.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/targets/test/include.mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/targets/sterile.mk b/makefiles/targets/sterile.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c661f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/targets/sterile.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Revert sandbox into a pristine checkout stage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+##   Note: Sterile target behavior differs from clean around handling of
+##         persistent content.  For ex removal of a python virtualenv adds
+##         extra overhead to development iteration:
+##           make clean   - preserve a virtual env
+##           make sterile - force reinstallation
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: sterile
+sterile :: clean
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-verbose += help-sterile
+help-sterile ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[MAKE: sterile]'
+	@echo '  sterile             make clean, also remove persistent content (~venv)'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/targets/test/ci-management.mk b/makefiles/targets/test/ci-management.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f68086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/targets/test/ci-management.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: test
+test: $(venv-activate-script) $(JOBCONFIG_DIR)
+	$(activate) \
+	&& pipdeptree \
+	&& jenkins-jobs -l DEBUG test --recursive --config-xml -o "$(JOBCONFIG_DIR)" jjb/ ;
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-verbose += help-test
+help-test ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[MAKE: test]'
+	@echo '  test                Perform testing that a jenkins job pull request will invoke'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/targets/test/include.mk b/makefiles/targets/test/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a706bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/targets/test/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+# Special snowflake: repository-dependent test target
+-include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/targets/test/$(--repo-name--).mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/todo.mk b/makefiles/todo.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7400d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/todo.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+todo ::
+	@echo '[TODO]'
+	@echo '  o item 1'
+	@echo '  o item 2'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo '  todo                Display future enhancement list.'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm b/makefiles/utils/include.mk
similarity index 67%
copy from makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
copy to makefiles/utils/include.mk
index 6c7787b..5a7678f 100644
--- a/makefiles/lint/yaml/yamllint.helm
+++ b/makefiles/utils/include.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,19 +14,16 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
-# yamllint.conf
 
-extends: default
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-rules:
-  empty-lines:
-    max-end: 1
-  line-length:
-    max: 120
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
+# usage: $(call if-not,false,5)
+if-not = $(info 1=$(1), 2=$(2), 3=$(3))\
+  $(if $(1),$(null),$(2))
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/utils/test/makefile b/makefiles/utils/test/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a148cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/utils/test/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+include ../include.mk
+
+all:
+
+test ::
+	@echo "Testing if-not"
+	@echo $(call if-not,$(null),true,false)
diff --git a/makefiles/virtualenv.mk b/makefiles/virtualenv.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4b11c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/virtualenv.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefile.version = 1.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: venv
+
+##------------------##
+##---]  LOCALS  [---##
+##------------------##
+venv-name            ?= .venv#                            # default install directory
+venv-abs-path        := $(PWD)/$(venv-name)
+venv-activate-bin    := $(venv-name)/bin
+venv-activate-script := $(venv-activate-bin)/activate#    # dependency
+
+# Intent: activate= is a macro for accessing the virtualenv activation script#
+#  Usage: $(activate) && python
+activate             ?= set +u && source $(venv-activate-script) && set -u
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Activate script path dependency
+## Usage:
+##    o place on the right side of colon as a target dependency
+##    o When the script does not exist install the virtual env and display.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(venv-activate-script):
+	@echo
+	@echo "============================="
+	@echo "Installing python virtual env"
+	@echo "============================="
+	virtualenv -p python3 $(venv-name)
+	$(activate) && python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+	$(activate) && pip install --upgrade setuptools
+	$(activate) && [[ -r requirements.txt ]] \
+	  && { python -m pip install -r requirements.txt; } \
+	  || { /bin/true; }
+	$(activate) && python --version
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Explicit named installer target w/o dependencies.
+##         Makefile targets should depend on venv-activate-script.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+venv: $(venv-activate-script)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Revert installation to a clean checkout
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+sterile :: clean
+	$(RM) -r "$(venv-abs-path)"
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[VIRTUAL ENV]'
+	@echo '  venv                Create a python virtual environment'
+	@echo '    venv-name=        Subdir name for virtualenv install'
+	@echo '  venv-activate-script         make macro name'
+	@echo '      $$(target) dependency    install python virtualenv'
+	@echo '      source $$(macro) && cmd  configure env and run cmd'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]