Ok, thanks for the clarification. That's the bit I didn't understand. As the file says do not modify it is used when installing and updating. I assumed updating meant that the version would get updated in this file as well.
Does it have any other purpose? If not, just remove it? I am easily confused. 😀 On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 at 09:40, Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: > The pip upgrade upgrades the *code base*, not the station data. The > configuration file, weewx.conf, is part of the latter. > > To upgrade the station data, you use "weectl station upgrade". By default, > this upgrades the documentation, examples, and utility files, but it can > also (optionally) upgrade the configuration file and skins. Because we work > hard at backwards compatibility, that should be necessary only rarely. > > It's best to think of the version number in weewx.conf (and, for that > matter, the skin.conf's) as "Installed by", not the current version. > > If you want the current version, use > > *weectl --version* > > > You're not the first to get confused by this. I'm thinking at the very > least to put a comment in weewx.conf stating that the version number is the > "Installed by" number. Or, even removing it completely. > > -tk > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 4:26 PM Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have weewx V5 installed and all is running fine but when I do an >> upgrade >> pip install --upgrade weewx then version doesn't change in the >> weewx.conf. I assume it is supposed to be changed? >> >> I am running 5.0.0.b9 but the weewx.conf shows: >> # Do not modify this. It is used when installing and updating weewx. >> version = 5.0.0b6 >> >> Do I have to do something extra as I have the weewx set up to use >> /opt/weewx/weewx-data/weewx.conf file >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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/39ea8a71-dd6e-44e2-8711-b76cd80de198n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/39ea8a71-dd6e-44e2-8711-b76cd80de198n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- 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/CAD_tbc9SK2osYNW2ekewd0Q93%2B%3DUuLj%3D5Sc0EjmwQ%2BRYCJfSUw%40mail.gmail.com.
