I suppose we could not introduce `weectl station upgrade` until it's needed.
On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 4:53 AM matthew wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 1:24:47 PM UTC-5 [email protected] > wrote: > > On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 5:49:11 AM UTC-8 Tom Keffer wrote: > > ... with the upcoming Version 5: you can reinstall with pip as many > times as you want. Just don't > > run "weectl station upgrade" afterwards. > > > > Confused. > > I thought you 'always' needed to run "weectl station upgrade" after a v5 > pip install so that the data > > directory always lines up with what pip installed into the code > directory. > > the intent is that a user should *never* have to run 'weectl station > upgrade' > > as long as weewx remains backward-compatible, the only time you should > have to upgrade your configuration is (1) when a non-backward-compatible > change is introduced (signaled by a major version number change), (2) when > a new feature is introduced that requires some non-default configuration > (e.g., if you want to update a skin), or (3) if you want your config to > contain the latest syntax/naming/conventions with no older patterns that > require backward-compatibliity from the weewx codebase. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/26942509-a85b-46b3-8d44-71ba329c811fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/26942509-a85b-46b3-8d44-71ba329c811fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAPq0zEAe1CtKymE_UzxXfGNkxPa0FGOzr%2BVr4P%2B1Sj67n-Tkzg%40mail.gmail.com.
