Goals/Metrics

• reduce time/effort to release z-stream
• * time/effort (person-days)
• reduce time/effort to rebase to new istio/envoy versions
• * time/effort (person-days)
• spread out tracking of changes in upstream istio and envoy
• * time between upstream merge and downstream availability
• align build automation with standard red hat process
• simplify production and consumption of daily builds
• * number of days without current daily builds per month
• * number of superfluous builds per month