hjoliver/cylc — Issue #26: Suite Control GUIs read the suite definition only at startup.
Author: hjoliver
Created: 2012-02-02 02:44:17+00:00
State: open
Labels: bug

Use of a single suite control GUI instance may span multiple suite runs or restarts, in between which changes to the suite.rc file could potentially alter the suite's task content or graph structure - but the control GUIs currently load the suite.rc file, and hence the task list and graph structure, only when they start up. Consequently the dot panel will display unused names of tasks that no longer exist, and it will not display the names and states of new tasks just added to the suite. This is not a major problem because the dot GUI still displays new tasks in the lower text tree panel, and the graph GUI still displays new "non-graphed" tasks, when the do anything interesting, as disconnected nodes to the right of the main graph. Nevertheless, it would be better to have the control GUIs reload the task list or graph whenever they change.