For some history this is the last discussion I recall having on the
subject:
https://groups.google.com/a/cloudfoundry.org/d/msg/vcap-dev/8Owzq9pzDSs/FzKX60KBdAkJ

Mike

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Tom Sherrod <tom.sherrod(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

I'm glad to see this question. Why does a space manager role not include
all space developer permissions?

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Mike Youngstrom <youngm(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

I debated long ago and still believe that a space manager should be able
to do everything a space developer can do. Could this be simplified just
by making that change? Or are there still reasons to limit a space
manager's abilities?

Mike

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:54 AM, Dieu Cao <dcao(a)pivotal.io> wrote:

Hi All,

Currently only Space Developers have visibility on the
/v2/apps/:guid/env end point which backs the cf cli command `cf env
APPNAME`.
Please let me know if you have any objections to allowing Space
Managers visibility of an app's environment variables.
This is something we would like to tackle soon to address some
visibility concerns.

-Dieu
CF CAPI PM