[racktables-users] Re: Upgrade to 0.17.6

On Tuesday 03 November 2009 14:35:03 Ryan McLean wrote:
> Your code obviously catches the error tells me about it and continues,
> however I think a better behaviour, in some areas such as the
> dictionary, would be to remove the offending entry and then add your one
> (then alter the relevant records).

I disagree.  I do not think the installer should EVER delete a custom entry.  
Whatever the user adds to the DB is sacrosanct.  A warning at upgrade time is 
a minor thing compared to what happens if the installer is allowed to remove 
my customisations without warning.

Tyler

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