Changing the type of a new site doesn't delete the introduced alias

The behavior described and shown in the images is not correct. A child URL will typically have a pattern like [host]/[path] whereas a parent URL will typically have a pattern like [host]. When changing between the parent and child site aliases, the [host] part of the site alias is the only common element between the two site alias types. However, when creating a parent portal, you will primarily want to use a new [host] while when creating a child portal you are creating a child under an existing [host]. The only change in behavior that should be considered is to "remember" the parent or child value so if someone goes from parent => child => parent that the original parent value is remembered and likewise if someone goes from child => parent => child that the child value is remembered.

Due to that the described behaviour in the issue was not correct, the changes are undone and the same code is set again. Pending to decide to implement the behaviour specified by Joe Brinkman in the previous comment or not.

closing as wont fix as code was backed out - any future change requires a new jira

Please refer to Joe & Cathal's comments