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

[Tomas Strachota]

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