[ci] Add readme that describes how our testing works

README.md

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+Mybatis-3 code runs more expressive testing depending on jdk usage and platform.
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+By default, we set ```<excludedGroups>TestcontainersTests</excludedGroups>``` which will exclude a subset of tests with @Tag('TestcontainersTests').  Further, if pre jdk 16, we will further exclude record classes from executions further reducing tests.
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+When using jdk 16+, we adjust the rule to ```<excludedGroups>TestcontainersTests,RequireIllegalAccess</excludedGroups>```.
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+When we run on ci platform, we further make adjustments as needed.  See [here](.github/workflows/ci.yaml) for details.
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+As of 2/20/2023, using combined system + jdk will result in given number of tests ran.  This will change as tests are added or removed over time.
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+without adjusting settings (ie use as is, platform does not matter)
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+- any OS + jdk 11 = 1730 tests
+- any OS + jdk 17 = 1710 tests
+- any OS + jdk 19 = 1710 tests
+- any OS + jdk 20 = 1710 tests
+- any OS + jdk 21 = 1710 tests
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+our adjustments for GH actions where platform does matter
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+- windows + jdk 11 = 1730 tests
+- windows + jdk 17 = 1710 tests
+- windows + jdk 19 = 1710 tests
+- windows + jdk 20 = 1710 tests
+- windows + jdk 21 = 1710 tests
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+- linux + jdk 11 = 1765 tests
+- linux + jdk 17 = 1745 tests
+- linux + jdk 19 = 1745 tests
+- linux + jdk 20 = 1745 tests
+- linux + jdk 21 = 1745 tests
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+- mac + jdk 11 = 1730 tests
+- mac + jdk 17 = 1710 tests
+- mac + jdk 19 = 1710 tests
+- mac + jdk 20 = 1710 tests
+- mac + jdk 21 = 1710 tests