[Yt-dev] proposal: turning off parameter file storage by default

[Cameron Hummels]

+1 but I think when you make this change, the docs on the website should 
be changed to reflect it, so that people don't get stuck with old 
functionality getting broken.

Cameron


On 11/9/11 3:13 PM, Sam Skillman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There have been some recent issues that have popped up when parameter 
> file storage is used when accessing different parameter files at the 
> same time in a parallel job.  While the long term solution is to move 
> to something thread-safe like sqlite, I am of the opinion that for now 
> we should turn off this capability by default.  We would leave the 
> capability in there, and it would be turned on with:
>
> from yt.config import ytcfg; ytcfg["yt", "storeparameterfiles"] = "True"
>
> at the very top of a yt script.  Since this could disrupt some 
> people's workflows, I think a +/-1 would be helpful, along with any 
> strong opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
>
>
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