[sugar] Resuming by default

[Ivan Krstić]

Hi Bert,

On Oct 23, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> The *actual* problem right now is that resuming an activity is much
> more complicated than simply clicking the icon in the frame. And
> *this* is backwards. We do *not* want to start with a clean state
> every time.

we fully agree, but there doesn't appear to be a saner default  
behavior for FRS. Specifically, in the absence of datastore  
versioning, switching to 'resume by default' would effectively kill  
the journal; adding a per-activity flag would add confusion and break  
consistency.

After FRS, we intend to very carefully consider this issue. It's non- 
trivial, and interactions with multiple activity instances, bulk  
data, volatile state, etc all need to be considered. The current  
tentative plan is to have a Journal Summit as soon as FRS is out the  
door and the immediate post-FRS activities quiet down a bit. You  
would certainly be invited.

Cheers,

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