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[ephemeris] Add option for disabling the cache
Adds possibility to disable user defined holiday description files caching.
This in interesting especially when defining/debugging these files.
A new option can be set in the ephemeris.cfg file, cache=true/false.
Default value is true, so no breaking change if the option is absent.
The caching behaviour has been identified as a source of problems many times in the forum. Current workaround being to rename the file for every modification.
This pull request has been mentioned on openHAB Community. There might be relevant details there:
https://community.openhab.org/t/updated-custom-ephemeris-file-required-openhab-restart-to-be-effectivein/160535/3
It would be nicer if it would monitor changes to the file instead (e.g. using the WatchService) and then update the cached configuration.
That was my first thought but I though this could be a first easy step. I blocked myself because ephemeris does not have a dedicated folder for user defined files, so they can be anywhere but I'll have a look at WatchService also.
@clinique Any idea why the tests keep failing? It seems unrelated, but it is still failing, even after retriggering.