[chandler-dev] Using a single repository with both a release, and a more recent, version of Chandler Desktop

[Grant Baillie]

On 4 Jan, 2009, at 08:35, Graham Perrin wrote:

>
> Is it reasonably safe to use both
>
> * the released version (currently 1.0.2) and
> * a more recent version (say, revision 16627)
>
> — with a single repository?
>
> (Obviously, not running both applications at the same time.)
>
> More specifically: is the repository intended to be forward- and
> backward-compatible across all 1.x versions of Chandler Desktop?
>
> I see the menu options to create new (and switch) repository, but at  
> some
> point I expect to try a more recent alpha/beta/developer version  
> with my
> usual repository.

Hi, Graham

The repository is not intended to be either forward or backward  
compatible. However, there are checks in place that are supposed to  
detect if you're trying to load an incompatible repository, and put up  
a dialog in that case. So far as I know, there is no difference in  
repository format between Chandler 1.0.2 and trunk.

The backup.chex file in your profile dir, is forward compatible, and  
that's what's used to migrate your data across upgrades.

--Grant