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

[Mike McCune]

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
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