kata: Remove Issue - PR dependency

We've discussed this over and over. Let's try to get to an agreement here.
I will use this issue to remove the mandatory Issue - PR dependency.

Fixes: #9500

Signed-off-by: Zvonko Kaiser <zkaiser@nvidia.com>

.github/workflows/commit-message-check.yaml

@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ jobs:
         error: 'Body line too long (max 150)'
         post_error: ${{ env.error_msg }}
 
-    - name: Check Fixes
-      if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-skip-ci') && ( success() || failure() ) }}
-      uses: tim-actions/commit-message-checker-with-regex@v0.3.1
-      with:
-        commits: ${{ steps.get-pr-commits.outputs.commits }}
-        pattern: '\s*Fixes\s*:?\s*(#\d+|github\.com\/kata-containers\/[a-z-.]*#\d+)|^\s*release\s*:'
-        flags: 'i'
-        error: 'No "Fixes" found'
-        post_error: ${{ env.error_msg }}
-        one_pass_all_pass: 'true'
-
     - name: Check Subsystem
       if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-skip-ci') && ( success() || failure() ) }}
       uses: tim-actions/commit-message-checker-with-regex@v0.3.1

.github/workflows/move-issues-to-in-progress.yaml

@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ jobs:
             grep -v "^\#"  |\
             cut -d';' -f3 || true)
 
-          # PR doesn't have any linked issues
+          # PR doesn't have any linked issues, handle it only if it exists
-          # (it should, but maybe a new user forgot to add a "Fixes: #XXX" commit).
           [ -z "$linked_issue_urls" ] && {
-            echo "::error::No linked issues for PR $pr"
+            echo "::warning::No linked issues for PR $pr"
-            exit 1
+            exit 0
           }
 
           project_name="Issue backlog"