attempting another method for skipping stages

build-k8s-lenz.jenkins

@@ -103,16 +103,21 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
 
+        stage ('Build K8S Lens') {
+            when {
+                expression {
                     if (k8slensVersion ==~ 'refs\\/tags\\/([5-9]|[0-9]{2,})\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$') {
                         if (k8slensVersion ==~ 'refs\\/tags\\/5\\.5\\.[0-9]+$') {
                             jsNodeID = 'node-14'
+                            return true
                         } else if (k8slensVersion ==~ 'refs\\/tags\\/5\\.6\\.[0-9]+$') {
                             jsNodeID = 'node-16'
-            } else {
+                            return true
-                jsNodeID = 'node-18'
+                        }
+                        return false
+                    }
+                }
             }
-
-            stage ('Build K8S Lens') {
             steps {
                 container (jsNodeID) {
                     script {
@@ -128,6 +133,18 @@ pipeline {
         }
 
         stage ('Push Artifacts') {
+            when {
+                expression {
+                    if (k8slensVersion ==~ 'refs\\/tags\\/([5-9]|[0-9]{2,})\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$') {
+                        if (k8slensVersion ==~ 'refs\\/tags\\/5\\.5\\.[0-9]+$') {
+                            return true
+                        } else if (k8slensVersion ==~ 'refs\\/tags\\/5\\.6\\.[0-9]+$') {
+                            return true
+                        }
+                        return false
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             steps {
                 container('alpine') {
                     script {
@@ -148,5 +165,4 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
     }
-    }
 }