[FLINK-29957] Rework connector docs integration

• Type: Technical Debt
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.17.0, 1.16.1, elasticsearch-3.1.0, elasticsearch-3.0.1
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 09/Nov/22 13:37
• Updated: 10/Nov/22 08:25
• Resolved: 10/Nov/22 08:25

Description

The current connector integration doesn't work properly with branches and is virtually impossible to maintain because of how obscure go modules are.

Re-implement it by checking out specific commits and copying files as necessary into a pseudo local module instead.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #21271