In the past we have been able to use operator-sdk to validate our operator's CSV yaml file for correctness. Now that operator-sdk is obsolete and no longer available, we need an alternative to validate a CSV. (i.e. we need something that does what "operator-sdk bundle validate" used to do).

You would think the answer would be "opm", however, that is apparently also deprecated. Try "opm alpha bundle validate" and you get this message:

$ opm alpha bundle validate
Command "validate" is deprecated, This subcommand is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Migrate to operator-sdk bundle validate

"opm" is telling the user to use "operator-sdk", but operator-sdk doesn't exist anymore !!

So, in short, we need a way to validate CSV metadata.

We use this as part of our upstream and downstream operator productization builds in order to validate our operator's metadata.