Revert dependencies changes that are making release workflow fail

[TiberiuGC]

• Revert "Bump github.com/gofrs/flock from 0.8.1 to 0.12.1 (Bump github.com/gofrs/flock from 0.8.1 to 0.12.1 #8024)"
• Revert "Bump github.com/github-release/github-release from 0.10.0 to 0.10.1 (Bump github.com/github-release/github-release from 0.10.0 to 0.10.1 #8107)"
• Revert "Migrate goformation under pkg/ as a local package and remove location re-write (Migrate goformation under pkg/ as a local package and remove location re-write #8153)"
• Revert "Upgrade to go 1.22 (Upgrade to go 1.22 #8125)"

Description

Checklist

• Added tests that cover your change (if possible)
• Added/modified documentation as required (such as the README.md, or the userdocs directory)
• Manually tested
• Made sure the title of the PR is a good description that can go into the release notes
• (Core team) Added labels for change area (e.g. area/nodegroup) and kind (e.g. kind/improvement)

BONUS POINTS checklist: complete for good vibes and maybe prizes?! 🤯

• Backfilled missing tests for code in same general area 🎉
• Refactored something and made the world a better place 🌟

[a-hilaly]

Thanks @TiberiuGC - let's revert this back and fix the build images - once we make a release. cc @bryantbiggs

[bryantbiggs]

thanks @TiberiuGC ! - I have a follow up PR (once the release has been cut and we're get that unblocked) that I believe will fix this release workflow issue #8158