[Chandler-dev] Reload is not import

[Philippe Bossut]

Hi,

Thanks for bringing that issue to the list Heikki.

Heikki Toivonen wrote:
> It seems there is some confusion what reload really means. pje's
> understanding was that it be used only as an upgrade path/data migration
> path, meaning the expectation on reload is for all userdata to go away
> and be replaced with what is in the dump.
>
> However, my understanding of some of the reload code seems to be that it
> is acting more like an import, i.e. adding that data in the dump to the
> current repository.
>
> The current reload menu item perpetrates this import interpretation of
> this as well; if it was truly about reload then it should restart
> chandler with --create and use some new option to point to the dump.
>
> Can we agree that reload means "blow away all current data and reload dump"?
>   

That is my understanding for sure and I think that was the intent from 
the beginning. Anyone else had another expectation?

Cheers,
- Philippe