[sugar] Datastore id vs. Activity instance id

[Bert Freudenberg]

On Jul 22, 2007, at 2:07 , Zarro Boogs per Child wrote:

> #2360: re-opening activity from the journal doesn't have  
> same ._activity_id
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>   Reporter:  erikb             |       Owner:  marco
>       Type:  defect            |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Trial-2
>  Component:  journal-activity  |     Version:
> Resolution:                    |    Keywords:
>   Verified:  0                 |
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> Comment (by marco):
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>  It is a bug but it should be fixed, do you see it in 528?

I don't think having a strict one-to-one relation between datastore  
ids and activity ids is a good idea. If I am working in one activity,  
maybe writing some text, and then want to start a new one - why would  
I be forced to quit the current activity and start a second instance?  
Not only is this highly inefficient but also inconvenient. Why can't  
I just "switch" this activity instance to the new datastore object?  
Same for something like "keep-as", where you fork off work on branch  
- simplest would be just creating a new object in the DS.

Btw, the current datastore API allows this just fine.

- Bert -