#299: simfactory does not detect changes to stored option list ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: sbrandt | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Other | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------

Comment (by eschnett):

This is the desired behaviour.

Often, people have several configurations with different option, or with options from previous versions of SimFactory. The most common use case is to keep an old version around because one does not yet trust the new version. In this case, SimFactory should not automatically modify the configuration.

The mental model is the following: Once a configuration has been configured, it should remain "stand-alone", independent of the changes that happen around it. This is similar to the way in which a simulation is self-consistent, containing e.g. a copy of the Cactus executable.

Since this topic has come up in the past, we should discuss the desired behaviour on the mailing list.