Here's the thing. There is no reason to change the history format ever again, so I'm kind of disinclined from doing this. That leaves people using both 0.2 and 0.3 in a slightly awkward situation, but I don't know if that warrants moving the history file under ~/.julia/vX.Y/ – that's not really what that directory is for: it's configuration, not mutable state. Consider, for example, if you're keeping your packages checked into a git super-repo and now Julia starts putting it's history in there. That's no good. You might want to have the package directory be read-only or shared between many different users. Saving history in there is a no-go. That probably means that saving the ~/.julia/.github/token file in there is also bad.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Tomas Lycken <tomas.lyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I usually don't value backwards-compatibility very highly if it's not too > much of a hassle to stay up-to-date (and it isn't with Julia), but I still > think moving everything into a .julia/vX.Y folder is a terrific idea - > there's really no other way to make *non*-backwards-compatible changes > and still let several versions coexist on the same system. Break whatever > you want when going from 0.2 to 0.3 (or 1.5 to 1.6, when we get there), but > keep the installations separate - that way I can always go back to the old > version if I liked it better (or if I just need to recover something and > port it manually). > > // T > > > On Monday, June 9, 2014 4:33:12 PM UTC+2, Kevin Squire wrote: > >> Sorry...! >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Stefan Karpinski <ste...@karpinski.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Sigh. I guess I should really come to terms with the fact that I will >>> have to worry about versioning and compatibility from now on... >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Kevin Squire <kevin....@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Especially for those upgrading from v0.2, it might be nice to provide a >>>> smooth transition. And there is also the issue mentioned by Matt, where >>>> some users may want to use both v0.2 and v0.3 on the same system. >>>> >>>> I vote for moving the history to the version subdirectory (if it >>>> exists). >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat <nali...@club.fr> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Le lundi 09 juin 2014 à 09:43 -0400, Stefan Karpinski a écrit : >>>>> > "Automatic" and "delete" aren't things I like in the same sentence. >>>>> In general, sure, but we're talking about command history, not the >>>>> user's photo library... ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
