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Move pvutil.go from e2e package to framework package
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
This PR moves pvutil.go to the e2e/framework package.
I am working on a PV upgrade test, and would like to use some of the wrapper functions in pvutil.go. However, the upgrade test is in the upgrade package, and not the e2e package, and it cannot import the e2e package because it would create a circular dependency. So pvutil.go needs to be moved out of e2e in order to break the circular dependency. This is a refactoring name change, no logic has been modified.
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*:
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**Release note**:
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Use watch param instead of deprecated /watch/ prefix
Switches clients to use watch param instead of /watch/ prefix
```release-note
Clients now use the `?watch=true` parameter to make watch API calls, instead of the `/watch/` path prefix
```
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Remove checks for pods responding in deployment e2e tests
Fixes#39879
Remove it because it caused deployment e2e tests sometimes timed out waiting for pods responding, and pods responding isn't related to deployment controller and is not a prerequisite of deployment e2e tests.
@kargakis
Remove it because it caused deployment e2e tests sometimes timed out
waiting for pods responding, and pods responding isn't related to
deployment controller and is not a prerequisite of deployment e2e tests.
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Add an upgrade test for secrets.
**What this PR does / why we need it**: This PR adds an upgrade test for secrets. It creates a secret and makes sure that pods can consume it before an after an upgrade.
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Forgiveness library changes
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
Splited from #34825, contains library changes that are needed to implement forgiveness:
1. ~~make taints-tolerations matching respect timestamps, so that one toleration can just tolerate a taint for only a period of time.~~ As TaintManager is caching taints and observing taint changes, time-based checking is now outside the library (in TaintManager). see #40355.
2. make tolerations respect wildcard key.
3. add/refresh some related functions to wrap taints-tolerations operation.
**Which issue this PR fixes**:
Related issue: #1574
Related PR: #34825, #39469
~~Please note that the first 2 commits in this PR come from #39469 .~~
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
~~Since currently we have `pkg/api/helpers.go` and `pkg/api/v1/helpers.go`, there are some duplicated periods of code laying in these two files.~~
~~Ideally we should move taints-tolerations related functions into a separate package (pkg/util/taints), and make it a unified set of implementations. But I'd just suggest to do it in a follow-up PR after Forgiveness ones done, in case of feature Forgiveness getting blocked to long.~~
**Release note**:
```release-note
make tolerations respect wildcard key
```
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ssh support for local
**What this PR does / why we need it**: adds local deployment support for e2e tests. Useful for non-cloud, simple testing.
**Special notes for your reviewer**: Formerly this pr was part of #38214
**Release note**:
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NONE
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