make deploy keeps the log level defaults.

make local-deploy patches the deployment to have debug log level and development log mode.

config/deploy/kustomization.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
 namespace: kuadrant-system
 resources:
   - ../default
   - ../dependencies
-patchesStrategicMerge:
-- manager_debug_mode.yaml

make/development-environments.mk

@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ namespace: ## Creates a namespace where to deploy Kuadrant Operator
 local-deploy: ## Deploy Kuadrant Operator from the current code
 	$(MAKE) docker-build IMG=$(IMAGE_TAG_BASE):dev
 	$(MAKE) kind-load-image IMG=$(IMAGE_TAG_BASE):dev
-
 	$(MAKE) deploy IMG=$(IMAGE_TAG_BASE):dev
 	kubectl -n $(KUADRANT_NAMESPACE) wait --timeout=300s --for=condition=Available deployments --all
+	./utils/kuadrant-operator-debug-mode.sh
+	kubectl -n $(KUADRANT_NAMESPACE) wait --timeout=300s --for=condition=Available deployments --all
 
 .PHONY: env-setup
 env-setup: ## Install deploy kuadrant dependencies and configured gatewayapi provider

utils/kuadrant-operator-debug-mode.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+kubectl patch deployment kuadrant-operator-controller-manager -n kuadrant-system  --patch-file=/dev/stdin <<-EOF
+---
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: manager
+          env:
+          - name: LOG_LEVEL
+            value: debug
+          - name: LOG_MODE
+            value: development
+EOF