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meme · 02-01-2011, 03:28 PM

It appears that when you remove a plugin it doesn't remove the configuration store information.

In my plugin I run plugin_store = JSONConfig('plugins/somename') and c = config_store().get(storename, storedefaults) along with c.get and c.set. Data saves and loads ok.

However, if I remove the plugin either by the GUI or cli, when I re-add my plugin and start it, the last values saved in the store are visible to the plugin. Because I stored some incorrect data one time, this caused some problems in plugin development. Although I was able to get around it by saving an empty data set to the store before continuing.

I expected the plugin removal to remove any stored information for the plugin. Is it leaving the information just in case, or is it a bug?

Is there a way to manually remove the store (in order to give instructions for a complete removal)?

02-01-2011, 03:28 PM	#1
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,275 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	Removal of plugin not removing config store It appears that when you remove a plugin it doesn't remove the configuration store information. In my plugin I run plugin_store = JSONConfig('plugins/somename') and c = config_store().get(storename, storedefaults) along with c.get and c.set. Data saves and loads ok. However, if I remove the plugin either by the GUI or cli, when I re-add my plugin and start it, the last values saved in the store are visible to the plugin. Because I stored some incorrect data one time, this caused some problems in plugin development. Although I was able to get around it by saving an empty data set to the store before continuing. I expected the plugin removal to remove any stored information for the plugin. Is it leaving the information just in case, or is it a bug? Is there a way to manually remove the store (in order to give instructions for a complete removal)?