[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8287906: Rewrite of GitHub Actions (GHA) sanity tests

[George Adams]

Backports the GitHub Actions framework rewrite in preparation for https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8290000

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Commit messages:
 - Backport: 1a6533225d8f4b9c5d21e236eaa9f827f096fa5d

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/539/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk17u-dev&pr=539&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8287906
  Stats: 4001 lines in 20 files changed: 1911 ins; 2090 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/539.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev pull/539/head:pull/539

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/539