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channels: stop distributing the standalone binary#18374

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@hakman hakman commented May 20, 2026

The kops-channels static pod (added in #18328) replaces the standalone channels binary that protokube used to invoke. This drops the binary from asset distribution, GitHub release uploads, and the per-node asset download list. make channels is kept as a local build target for debugging.

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hakman added 2 commits May 20, 2026 12:44
The kops-channels static pod (added in kubernetes#18328) replaces the standalone
channels binary that protokube used to invoke. This drops the binary
from asset distribution, GitHub release uploads, and the per-node asset
download list. `make channels` is kept as a local build target for
debugging.
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hakman commented May 20, 2026

This is ready for review.

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CHANNELS=$(kops-channels-download-from-base)
export CHANNELS
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Do we need to keep this around for testing older kops versions? Its not clear to me how CHANNELS is even used

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it can still be built, but not distributed

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I am also not sure if anyone uses it

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It needed to be distributed in order for kops to have download location

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