Bump golangci-lint to 1.45.0 (#909)

.github/workflows/validations.yaml

@@ -11,45 +11,6 @@ env:
   GO_STABLE_VERSION: true
 
 jobs:
-# TODO: remove this job once golanci-lint is compatible with g01.18+
-  Static-Analysis-Golanci-lint:
-    name: "Static analysis - golangci-lint"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.17" # NOTE: please use GO_VERSION once golangci supports go1.18+
-          stable: ${{ env.GO_STABLE_VERSION }}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Restore tool cache
-        id: tool-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-tool-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
-
-      - name: Restore go cache
-        id: go-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.3
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ env.GO_VERSION }}-
-
-      - name: (cache-miss) Bootstrap all project dependencies
-        if: steps.tool-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || steps.go-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make bootstrap
-
-      - name: Bootstrap CI environment dependencies
-        run: make ci-bootstrap
-
-      - name: Run static analysis
-        run: make static-analysis-golanci-lint
-
-
 
   Static-Analysis:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline