@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (c *DeploymentConfigController) Handle(config *deployapi.DeploymentConfig)

 		c.recorder.Eventf(config, kapi.EventTypeWarning, "DeploymentCleanupFailed", "Couldn't clean up deployments: %v", err)

 	}

-	cond := deployutil.NewDeploymentCondition(deployapi.DeploymentProgressing, kapi.ConditionTrue, deployutil.NewRcAvailableReason, msg)

+	cond := deployutil.NewDeploymentCondition(deployapi.DeploymentProgressing, kapi.ConditionTrue, deployutil.NewReplicationControllerReason, msg)

 	return c.updateStatus(config, existingDeployments, *cond)

 }

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var _ = g.Describe("deploymentconfigs", func() {

 		tagImagesFixture                = exutil.FixturePath("testdata", "deployments", "tag-images-deployment.yaml")

 		readinessFixture                = exutil.FixturePath("testdata", "deployments", "readiness-test.yaml")

 		envRefDeploymentFixture         = exutil.FixturePath("testdata", "deployments", "deployment-with-ref-env.yaml")

+		ignoresDeployersFixture         = exutil.FixturePath("testdata", "deployments", "deployment-ignores-deployer.yaml")

 	)

 	g.Describe("when run iteratively [Conformance]", func() {

@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ var _ = g.Describe("deploymentconfigs", func() {

 			o.Expect(out).To(o.ContainSubstring("hello bar"))

 		})

 	})

+

 	g.Describe("with multiple image change triggers [Conformance]", func() {

 		g.AfterEach(func() {

 			failureTrap(oc, "example", g.CurrentGinkgoTestDescription().Failed)

@@ -782,4 +784,44 @@ var _ = g.Describe("deploymentconfigs", func() {

 			o.Expect(waitForLatestCondition(oc, name, deploymentRunTimeout, deploymentRunning)).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())

 		})

 	})

+

+	g.Describe("ignores deployer and lets the config with a NewReplicationControllerCreated reason [Conformance]", func() {

+		g.AfterEach(func() {

+			failureTrap(oc, "database", g.CurrentGinkgoTestDescription().Failed)

+		})

+

+		g.It("should let the deployment config with a NewReplicationControllerCreated reason", func() {

+			_, name, err := createFixture(oc, ignoresDeployersFixture)

+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())

+

+			g.By("verifying that the deployment config is bumped to the first version")

+			err = wait.PollImmediate(500*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {

+				dc, _, _, err := deploymentInfo(oc, name)

+				if err != nil {

+					return false, nil

+				}

+				return dc.Status.LatestVersion == 1, nil

+			})

+			if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {

+				err = fmt.Errorf("deployment config %q never incremented to the first version", name)

+			}

+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())

+

+			g.By("verifying that the deployment config has the desired condition and reason")

+			var conditions []deployapi.DeploymentCondition

+			err = wait.PollImmediate(500*time.Millisecond, 30*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {

+				dc, _, _, err := deploymentInfo(oc, name)

+				if err != nil {

+					return false, nil

+				}

+				conditions = dc.Status.Conditions

+				cond := deployutil.GetDeploymentCondition(dc.Status, deployapi.DeploymentProgressing)

+				return cond != nil && cond.Reason == deployutil.NewReplicationControllerReason, nil

+			})

+			if err == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {

+				err = fmt.Errorf("deployment config %q never updated its conditions: %#v", name, conditions)

+			}

+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())

+		})

+	})

 })

new file mode 100644

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@

+apiVersion: v1

+kind: DeploymentConfig

+metadata:

+  annotations:

+    deploy.openshift.io/deployer-pod.ignore: "true"

+  name: database

+spec:

+  replicas: 1

+  selector:

+    name: database

+  template:

+    metadata:

+      labels:

+        name: database

+    spec:

+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0

+      containers:

+      - image: "docker.io/centos:centos7"

+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent

+        name: myapp

+        command:

+        - /bin/sleep

+        - "10000"