[Buildbot-devel] reconfig incomplete?

[Mike Winter (miwinter)]

I have some python components outside of master.cfg that master.cfg
depends on i.e. a special MailDirSource parser and some properties
files. When I do reconfig the changes from other .py files don't get
absorbed. Is there a conscious reason for this or a limitation of
buildbot that doesn't unload 'all' types that may have changed,
minimally a reconfig should consider a walk of reference links that
buildbot components reference.

For Example, properties.py contains a dictionary that is edited and
master.cfg code references the dict and reconfig does not always catch
the change. I cant be more explicit than this right now, since it's a
sidebar item for me and the workaround is fine. I thought it worth
commenting on to mailer-list.

Workaround: A stop-start cycle overcomes this - not unreasonable.