I guess since a couple of my recent posts have been the catalyst for this thread it is appropriate that I reply.
I think that what has been been omitted here is the context of my posts. In both cases I was helping novice weeWX users, one who was clearly having 'units' issues and another who after a reinstall their target_unit setting had changed. From my point of view if you are tracking down a 'units' issue one of the last things you ought to be doing is changing database units, it may well have no effect on the problem but it is a further complication that is not needed. In the second case the change of target_unit actually caused weeWX to exit. One could argue that is justification for the warning to not change this setting unless you know what you are doing. I am well aware of the convenience of having your database use a unit system that matches/largely matches your locally used units. I live in Australia and I changed my unit system to Metric many years ago so I have no problem whatsoever if one chooses to change ones database unit system. However, for a new user, particularly one who is having issues or is not prone to looking under the hood, starting with the default to get a stable system in my view is appropriate advice. I see similarities with moving from SQLite to MySQL/MariaDB, no problems with the change but probably not something a new user/novice should do from the start. I stand by the advice I gave in the context it was given. I guess that is the beauty of FOSS, anyone is welcome to submit a change request and/or add a page to the wiki. I have nothing further to say on this topic. Gary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
