Bug 9184 - Cannot delete layer from toaster database
Summary: Cannot delete layer from toaster database
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Toaster
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: toaster (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 2.2
Assignee: Michael Wood
QA Contact: Libertad
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Reported: 2016-02-29 19:50 UTC by Henry Bruce
Modified: 2016-07-13 09:16 UTC (History)
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Description Henry Bruce 2016-02-29 19:50:12 UTC 
If you incorrectly add a layer (see bug 8952) there appears to be no way to remove it from database.
Comment 1 Belen Barros Pena 2016-03-01 11:50:33 UTC 
We have a few 'delete'-related things to do: see bug 8132 and bug 6238. We should probably do all those in 2.2
Comment 2 brian avery 2016-03-09 16:35:19 UTC 
Nice bug find!
Umm, a request: could you add a steps to reproduce?

Something like 
1) import layer button
2) import python-networking from 
....
ty :)
Comment 3 Henry Bruce 2016-03-14 22:50:28 UTC 
Sorry, poor bug report.

Here's an example use case
1. You import a layer with recipes, say github.com/old-iot-stuff/layer
2. You find out you imported an un-maintained layer, you should have imported github.com/new-iot-stuff/layer
3. You want to remove the old-iot-stuff layer from toaster as it will only ever cause problems
4. You remove from a project, but you can't remove it form toaster

Expected behavior
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1. Import a layer with recipes, say github.com/old-iot-stuff/layer
2. You realize it's a stale layer and want to remove it
3. Remove from toaster using (say) "remove layer from database" button

Observed behavior
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1. Import a layer with recipes, say github.com/old-iot-stuff/layer
2. You realize it's a stale layer and want to remove it
3. You can't remove it form toaster