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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
proceed_question() was never only about thread safety, since the updates all happen in the gui thread anyway. So you still need to use it. Think about what happens if the user has the edit metadata dialog open for a book that you are updating in the background, either the users' changes or yours would get obliterated.
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True. The situation is the same with calibredb CLI updates--although probably with a smaller and more savvy user base. Oh well, I was just being hopeful.
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Considering that this new api took almost two years to develop, I dont think I will ever do this again  But, if I do, I'll deal with any resulting confusion. |
Fair enough.
I've not run into any problems using the new DB yet, but my testing has been pretty light--just day to day stuff.