ci: remove pip-cache

we have global pip mirror now

.gitlab/ci/common.yml

@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ variables:
   TARGET_TEST_ENV_IMAGE: "${CI_REGISTRY}/ci/images/idf-v6.2-target-test:1"
   SONARQUBE_SCANNER_IMAGE: "${CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY}/sonarqube-scanner:5"
 
-  # cache python dependencies
-  PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
-
   # Set this variable to the branch of idf-constraints repo in order to test a custom Python constraint file. The
   # branch name must be without the remote part ("origin/"). Keep the variable empty in order to use the constraint
   # file from https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp-idf.
@@ -345,12 +342,6 @@ default:
   cache:
     # pull only for most of the use cases since it's cache dir.
     # Only set "push" policy for "upload_cache" stage jobs
-    - key: pip-cache-${LATEST_GIT_TAG}
-      fallback_keys:
-        - pip-cache
-      paths:
-        - .cache/pip
-      policy: pull
     - key: submodule-cache-${LATEST_GIT_TAG}
       fallback_keys:
         - submodule-cache

.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
   # run host_test jobs immediately, only after upload cache
   needs:
     - pipeline_variables
-    - job: upload-pip-cache
-      optional: true
-      artifacts: false
     - job: upload-submodules-cache
       optional: true
       artifacts: false

.gitlab/ci/rules.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
   - "components/**/Kconfig"
   - "components/**/CMakeLists.txt"
 
-.patterns-python-cache: &patterns-python-cache
-  - "tools/requirements.json"
-  - "tools/requirements/requirements.*.txt"
-
 .patterns-python-files: &patterns-python-files
   - ".gitlab/ci/static-code-analysis.yml"
   - "**/*.py"
@@ -235,15 +231,6 @@
   rules:
     - <<: *if-dev-push
 
-.rules:upload-python-cache:
-  rules:
-    - <<: *if-release-tag
-    - <<: *if-schedule-nightly
-    - <<: *if-protected-branch-push
-      changes: *patterns-python-cache
-    - <<: *if-label-upload_cache
-      when: manual
-
 .rules:upload-submodule-cache:
   rules:
     - <<: *if-release-tag

.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
   dependencies: # set dependencies to null to avoid missing artifacts issue
   # run host_test jobs immediately, only after upload cache
   needs:
-    - job: upload-pip-cache
-      optional: true
-      artifacts: false
     - job: upload-submodules-cache
       optional: true
       artifacts: false

.gitlab/ci/upload_cache.yml

@@ -6,26 +6,6 @@
   stage: upload_cache
   image: $ESP_ENV_IMAGE
 
-upload-pip-cache:
-  extends:
-    - .upload_cache_template
-    - .before_script:minimal
-    - .rules:upload-python-cache
-  tags:
-    - $GEO
-    - cache
-  cache:
-    key: pip-cache-${LATEST_GIT_TAG}
-    paths:
-      - .cache/pip
-    policy: push
-  script:
-    - rm -rf .cache/pip  # clear old packages
-    - bash install.sh --enable-ci --enable-test-specific
-  parallel:
-    matrix:
-      - GEO: [ 'shiny',  'brew' ]
-
 upload-submodules-cache:
   extends:
     - .upload_cache_template