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release: stop building the kpt container image - #4819
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Signed-off-by: Aravindhan Ayyanathan <aravindhan.a@est.tech>
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The focused removals implement the intended distribution change without affecting other release artifacts, and no blocking issues were identified.
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What changed in this PR
Stops publishing the kpt CLI container image, aligning distribution with porchctl under issue #4773 while preserving binaries, archives, and packages.
Changes:
- Removes container image publishing and unused Docker build files.
- Removes the obsolete snapshot workflow path filter.
- Replaces Docker installation instructions with a deprecation notice.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| release/tag/goreleaser.yaml | Removes container image publishing configuration. |
| release/images/Dockerfile | Deletes the release image Dockerfile. |
| Makefile | Removes the unused docker target. |
| documentation/content/en/installation/kpt-cli.md | Documents image deprecation and retained historical tags. |
| .github/workflows/release-snapshot.yml | Removes the deleted image directory’s path filter. |
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ghcr.io/kptdev/kptcontainer image.release/tag/goreleaser.yaml: removed thedockers_v2block.release/images/Dockerfile: deleted (used only by that block)..github/workflows/release-snapshot.yml: dropped the deadrelease/images/**path filter.documentation/content/en/installation/kpt-cli.md: replaced the Docker install steps with a deprecation note.Makefile: removed the unused (already broken)dockertarget.kptshipped a container image butporchctldoes not. Per the Inconsistent CLI images: kpt ships a container image but porchctl doesn't #4773 decision (Option A), drop thekptimage and standardize both CLIs on binaries/archives/packages.v1.0.1remain available but get no further updates.Related Issue(s)
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