Added world.starting to know that we shouldn't flush.

scripts/supybot

@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     import log
     import conf
     import world
+    world.starting = True
     
     def closeRegistry():
         # We only print if world.dying so we don't see these messages during

src/Owner.py

@@ -189,10 +189,14 @@ class Owner(privmsgs.CapabilityCheckingPrivmsg):
                             m = loadPluginModule(name)
                             loadPluginClass(irc, m)
                         except Exception, e:
-                            log.exception('Failed to load %s:' % name)
+                            log.exception('Failed to load %s:', name)
                 else:
                     # Let's import the module so configuration is preserved.
-                    _ = loadPluginModule(name)
+                    try:
+                        _ = loadPluginModule(name)
+                    except Exception, e:
+                        log.exception('Failed to load %s:', name)
+        world.starting = False
 
     def disambiguate(self, irc, tokens, ambiguousCommands=None):
         """Disambiguates the given tokens based on the plugins loaded and

src/world.py

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ import schedule
 
 startedAt = time.time() # Just in case it doesn't get set later.
 
+starting = False
+
 mainThread = threading.currentThread()
 assert 'MainThread' in repr(mainThread)
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ def upkeep():
             pass
     if gc.garbage:
         log.warning('Uncollectable garbage: %s', gc.garbage)
-    flushed = conf.supybot.flush()
+    flushed = conf.supybot.flush() and not starting
     if flushed:
         flush()
         # This is so registry._cache gets filled.