"Phase-3" discussed in PR-#194

[aisha-cdc]

"Phase 3" discussed in PR-#194 - Integrate dependencies image and main dockerfile.

Summary:

Changes made in Pull Request #194 were requested to be merged in phases

This PR implements Phase 3 -> Integrate dependencies image and main dockerfile.

Changes Introduced:

• Re-implement branch and tag management steps from twostep-container-build action within containers-and-az-pool workflow.
• Replace dependency image caching strategy of twostep-container-build with docker_build_and_push.sh
• Integrate steps from main Dockerfile and Dockerfile-dependencies into Dockerfile.unified

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[micahwiesner67]

Please fix the merge conflicts in NEWS.md and containers-and-az-pool.yaml

[micahwiesner67]

I will wait to confirm stability of phase 1 / phase 2 before reviewing this. Converting to draft for now

[micahwiesner67]

It seems phase 1 and 2 have had no issues so I'm converting this back to an open PR instead of a draft. Lmk if it's ready for review @aisha-cdc and @giomrella

[giomrella]

It seems phase 1 and 2 have had no issues so I'm converting this back to an open PR instead of a draft. Lmk if it's ready for review @aisha-cdc and @giomrella

Looks good to me!