+1 to the -1 of a new command for this. I'd like to raise the discussion with the technical board as I'd like understand why the change the change that the team had to make made it impossible for kill-controller to function and what we could do to allow the team to remove legacy code, but still be able to kill off things.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:55 PM Andrew Wilkins <andrew.wilk...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:29 AM Cheryl Jennings < > cheryl.jenni...@canonical.com> wrote: > >> Relevant bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1553059 >> >> We should provide a way to clean up controllers without making the user >> manually edit juju's files. >> > > Unless anyone objects, or has a better spelling, I will be adding a > command to do this: > > juju purge-controller <controller-name> > > The command will require a "-y" or prompt for confirmation, like > kill-controller. It will not attempt to destroy the controller, it will > just remove the details of it from the client. > > (Alternative suggestion for spelling: "juju forget-controller". > Purge-controller may suggest that we're purging a controller of its > contents, rather than purging the controller from the client?) > > Cheers, > Andrew > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Nate Finch <nate.fi...@canonical.com> >> wrote: >> >>> This just happened to me, too. Kill-controller needs to work if at all >>> possible. That's the whole point. And yes, users may not hit specific >>> problems, but devs do, and that wastes our time trying to figure out how to >>> manually clean up the garbage. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:33 AM Rick Harding <rick.hard...@canonical.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:56 PM Andrew Wilkins < >>>> andrew.wilk...@canonical.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> In a non-beta release we would make sure that the config changes >>>>> aren't backwards incompatible. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I think this is the key thing. I think that kill-controller is an >>>> exception to this rule. I think we should always at least give the user the >>>> ability to remove their stuff and start over with the new alpha/beta/rc >>>> release. I'd like to ask us to explore making kill-controller an exception >>>> to this policy and that if tests prove we can't bootstrap on one beta and >>>> kill with trunk that it's a blocking bug for us. >>>> -- >>>> Juju-dev mailing list >>>> Juju-dev@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju-dev >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Juju-dev mailing list >>> Juju-dev@lists.ubuntu.com >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju-dev >>> >>> >>
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