As an administrator, I'd like the ability to easily delete content from pulp

Author: wibbit (wibbit)

Redmine Issue: 9383, https://pulp.plan.io/issues/9383

Using RPM as an example.

Currently if there is a "bad" rpm, that we want to remove from pulp, to ensure their is no ability for it to be republished, it's far from straight forward.

Current process, I believe is.

1. Identify content to be removed.
2. Locate content in each version of each repository.
3. Delete content from each version of each repository.
4. Update publications, and distributions where appropriate.
5. Run delete orphaned data.

It would be great if there was a simple "do it" button that I can metaphorically click, but I doubt that's realistic.

I think what may be more realistic is, some way of finding out which repositories/versions of a repository has the content and providing a report, that could then be used to feed into some one's internal machinery to delete/publish/update distributors and finally clean up orphaned content.

I had a quick look but couldn't find a pre-existing request for this feature.

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing the current RPM content-removal workflow described in the issue, then define how repositories, repository versions, publications, and distributions should be reported; done means the resulting report supports the requested cleanup process without requiring manual discovery.