Merge pull request #1213 from Ireeeeeeeeeee/chore/remove-redundant-ci-release-packaging

Remove redundant release packaging from CI

Author: OtowoSamuel

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ env:
 #           ├── helm-lint (helm changes only)                                 │ │
 #           ├── examples-smoke-test (examples changes only)                   │ │
 #           └── api-docs (api_docs changes only)                              │ │
-#                                                                             ▼ ▼
+#                                                                             ▼
 #                                                                    test ─── coverage
 #                                                                      │
-#                                                                    build (main only)
-#                                                                      │
 #                                                                    docker (main only)
 #                                                                      │
 #                                                                    security-scan
@@ -644,33 +642,6 @@ jobs:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
-  # ── 11. Release build (main push only) ───────────────────────────────────────
-  build:
-    name: Build
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-    needs: test
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-
-      - name: Setup Rust
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
-        with:
-          cache-key: "ci-build"
-
-      - name: Build release
-        run: make build
-
-      - name: Upload binary artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: stellar-k8s-binaries
-          path: |
-            target/release/stellar-operator
-            target/release/kubectl-stellar
-          retention-days: 7
-
   # ── 11. Docker build & push (main push only) ──────────────────────────────────
   docker:
     name: Docker Build
@@ -681,7 +652,7 @@ jobs:
       (needs.api-docs.result == 'success' || needs.api-docs.result == 'skipped')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 20
-    needs: [changes, build, helm-test, api-docs]
+    needs: [changes, helm-test, api-docs]
     env:
       DOCKER_PLATFORMS: linux/amd64
     permissions: