Resolve "CI pipeline yml files simplification"
Closes #621 (closed)
Manual cherry-pick of merge requests !817 (merged), !835 (merged), and !863 (merged) from 'main' to 'branch_5.0'
Edited by Simon Mueller
Closes #621 (closed)
Manual cherry-pick of merge requests !817 (merged), !835 (merged), and !863 (merged) from 'main' to 'branch_5.0'