Disable nova-lxd dsvm gate checks <= newton
Older nova-lxd versions did not use os-vif, and as a result have
somewhat un-reliable network vif plugging.
Disable tempest dsvm gate checks for older stable branches.
@@ -3709,6 +3709,12 @@ jobs:
- name: ^gate-nova-lxd-(docs|pep8|python27)-ubuntu-xenial
branch: ^.*$
+ # Don't run nova-lxd dsvm gate checks on newton or older
+ # Older nova-lxd versions did not use os-vif, and as a result have
+ # somewhat un-reliable network vif plugging.
+ - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-lxd-.*$
+ branch: ^(?!stable/(mitaka|newton)).*$
+
# Only run nova-tox-functional-py35-ubuntu tests on branch master
# TODO(gcb): run these tests on future stable branches starting with pike.
- name: ^gate-nova-tox-functional-py35-ubuntu-xenial
