[katello-devel] Proper way to remove repo from environment

[Mike McCune]

On 01/24/2012 09:05 AM, Tomas Strachota wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 05:52 PM, Tomas Strachota wrote:
>> On 01/24/2012 05:35 PM, Mike McCune wrote:
>>> On 01/24/2012 04:18 AM, Ivan Nečas wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Do we officially support removing (or let's say demoting) a repository
>>>> from some environment. There is a command in CLI:
>>>>
>>>> repo delete --name base --product zoo --env Dev
>>>>
>>>> This removes the repository from environment, but:
>>>> 1. it's supported only from CLI (AFAIK)
>>>> 2. it changes the environment without a changeset. In my understanding
>>>> changeset should be the only way how to change anything in the
>>>> environment (at least for auditing purposes).
>>>>
>>>> So is this really a way how it should work? Or do we have some plan on
>>>> this feature?
>>>>
>>>
>>> no, we should not offer that command as it stands now. All changes to
>>> content in every environment should be done with a changeset. API calls
>>> and CLI commands or UI screens that make blanket changes to content in
>>> environments without a changeset violate this rule and concept we are
>>> maintaining in Katello.
>>>
>>> In future versions of Katello we will support 'demotion' of content
>>> including Products, Repos, Packages, Errata, etc ... but for now we are
>>> forward moving only.
>>>
>>> I'd recommend you remove this CLI command for now until we can tie it
>>> into a larger demotion based changeset feature.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Ok, I'll remove the cli command and disable the api for deleting repos.
>>
>> Tomas
>
> Well thinking about it twice (thanks Ivan for hint), we should only
> block deleting repos from all other environments apart from Locker, right?
>
> Can we delete only those repos from locker that haven't been promoted
> yet or can we delete it at any circumstances? What's the correct
> behaviour here?
>

yes! I forgot the little addition in my 'rule' above:

"All changes to content in every non-Locker environment should be done 
with a changeset."

so yes, you can leave the CLI and API calls there for locker repos, good 
catch.

Mike
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