[VOL-5032] - Build and deploy voltha-system-tests for v2.12

VERSION
=======
  o Bump version string to initiate a triage build for release.

makefiles/
==========
  o https://github.com/opencord/onf-make
  o Update to the latest version of onf-make library makefiles
    to enable additional linting targets.

Change-Id: I4cdc959d616174573014bd6343825492b01e456b
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+# -*- 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://gerrit.opencord.org/plugins/gitiles/onf-make
+# ONF.makefiles.include.version = 1.1
+# ONF.confg.mk                  = 1.5
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--repo-name-- := votlha-system-tests
+--repo-name-- ?= $(error --repo-name--= is required)
+
+##--------------------------------##
+##---]  Disable lint targets  [---##
+##--------------------------------##
+# NO-LINT-DOC8      := true
+# NO-LINT-GOLANG    := true
+NO-LINT-GROOVY      := true#               # Note[2]
+NO-LINT-JJB         := true#               # Note[2]
+# NO-LINT-JSON      := true#               # Note[1]
+NO-LINT-MAKEFILE    := true#               # Note[1]
+NO-LINT-REUSE       := true                # License check
+# NO-LINT-ROBOT     := true
+NO-LINT-SHELLCHECK  := true#               # Note[1]
+NO-LINT-TOX         := true#               # Note[1]
+# NO-LINT-YAML      := true#               # Note[1]
+
+# NO-LINT-FLAKE8    := true#               # Note[1]
+NO-LINT-PYTHON      := true#               # Note[1]
+# NO-LINT-PYLINT    := true#               # Note[1]
+
+# Note[1] - A boatload of source to cleanup prior to enable.
+# Note[2] - No sources available
+
+##---------------------------------##
+##---] Conditional make logic  [---##
+##---------------------------------##
+# USE-ONF-DOCKER-MK      := true
+# USE-ONF-GERRIT-MK      := true
+# USE-ONF-GIT-MK         := true
+# USE-ONF-JJB-MK         := true
+# USE-VOLTHA-RELEASE-MK  := true
+
+##----------------------##
+##---]  Debug Mode  [---##
+##----------------------##
+# export DEBUG           := 1      # makefile debug
+# export DISTUTILS_DEBUG := 1      # verbose: pip
+# export DOCKER_DEBUG    := 1      # verbose: docker
+# export VERBOSE         := 1      # makefile debug
+
+##-----------------------------------##
+##---]  JJB/Jenkins Job Builder  [---##
+##-----------------------------------##
+JJB_VERSION   ?= 2.8.0
+JOBCONFIG_DIR ?= job-configs
+
+##---------------------------------##
+##---]  Filesystem exclusions  [---##
+##---------------------------------##
+onf-excl-dirs := $(null)        # make clean: dirs=
+onf-excl-dirs += .venv#         # $(venv-name)
+onf-excl-dirs += vendor#        # golang / voltha*-go
+onf-excl-dirs += patches#       # voltha docs - python upgrade
+onf-excl-dirs += .tox           # also a python dependency
+
+ifeq ($(--repo-name--),voltha-docs)
+  lint-doc8-excl += '_build'
+endif
+
+onf-excl-dirs ?= $(error onf-excl-dirs= is required)
+
+##-----------------------------##
+##---]  Feature Detection  [---##
+##-----------------------------##
+# [TODO] include makefiles/features/include.mk
+# [TODO] All logic below can migrate there.
+
+$(if $(filter %ci-management,$(--repo-name--)),\
+  $(eval --REPO-IS-CI-MANAGEMENT-- := true)\
+)
+$(if $(filter %voltha-docs,$(--repo-name--)),\
+  $(eval --REPO-IS-VOLTHA-DOCS-- := true)\
+)
+
+# create makefiles/config/byrepo/{--repo-name--}.mk for one-off snowflakes ?
+# $(if $(wildcard docker),$(eval USE-ONF-DOCKER-MK := true))
+
+##-------------------------##
+##---]  Derived Flags  [---##
+##-------------------------##
+ifdef --REPO-IS-CI-MANAGEMENT--
+  USE-ONF-JJB := true
+
+  onf-excl-dirs += global-jjb
+  onf-excl-dirs += lf-ansible
+  onf-excl-dirs += packer
+endif
+
+ifdef --REPO-IS-VOLTHA-DOCS--
+  onf-excl-dirs += _build
+  onf-excl-dirs += repos
+endif
+
+ifdef NO-LINT-PYTHON
+  NO-LINT-FLAKE8 := true
+  NO-LINT-PYLINT := true
+endif
+
+ifndef USE-ONF-JJB
+  NO-LINT-JJB := true
+endif
+
+onf-excl-dirs := $(sort $(strip $(onf-excl-dirs)))
+
+# [TODO]#
+#  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   o two distinct makefiles/ directories are needed, one for onf-make
+#   o second for repository specific makefile configs and logic.
+#   o Two independent vars specify path:
+#       ONF_MAKEDIR = library makefiles
+#       MAKEDIR     = repository specific content
+#   o Conditional repository testing above can crush down all the
+#     "if-this-repository-is-X-do-Y' logic above intoL
+#     include $(MAKEDIR)/config.mk   # repo:$(--repo-name--)
+#  --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# [EOF]