PF4 support will be dropped in ocp 4.19, we must move to PF5.

To continue to support older OCP, we must hence create 2 builds, one with PF4-compatible console for ocp 4.12-4.14 and one with PF5 for ocp 4.15 and above.

All components but the console plugin can continue with a single development branch.

Console plugin needs to have a pf4 backport branch.

On CI side / konflux, we need to have 2 build pipelines:

• netobserv-1.Y bundle = common trunc + console pf5 (min ocp version = 4.15)
• netobserv-pf4-1.Y bundle = common trunc + console pf4 (max ocp version = 4.14)

A new OLM channel must be created for users: stable-4.14-or-below (maybe find a better name).

In the netobserv next release note, we need to tell users on ocp 4.14 or below to switch channel so they can continue receive upgrades.