Best practice to merge weewx.conf changes on update

[loonsailor]

For a long time, I've been sticking with my old whew.conf file, ignoring the new ones that show up with each update.  It's been several years, and I'm wondering if / when my old conf file becomes outdated enough that I'm missing features, or creating problems.  Short of manually updating each time (error prone!) is there a good way to deal with this? 

[Tom Keffer]

whew.conf: I like that!

The configuration file really hasn't changed that much in a long time. The biggest change is in how default values are handled, but the old methods will continue to work. There are also options for controlling logging.

You can look through the modern version and see if there's anything that catches your eye, but I doubt it. https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/master/weewx.conf

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 4:31 PM 'loonsailor' via weewx-user <weewx...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

For a long time, I've been sticking with my old whew.conf file, ignoring the new ones that show up with each update.  It's been several years, and I'm wondering if / when my old conf file becomes outdated enough that I'm missing features, or creating problems.  Short of manually updating each time (error prone!) is there a good way to deal with this? 

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[Nate Bargmann]

I think manually is the only way. I use vimdiff which helps me avoid
omissions and typos but requires knowing at least basic vi editing
commands. The syntax highlighting makes it easy to spot differences
between the files and on a line by line basis.

- Nate

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[loonsailor]

Thanks.  Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something obvious.

[loonsailor]

"whew.conf: I like that!"

Thanks, autocorrect!