[wpkg-users] Upgrades

[Brian May]

Daniel Dehennin wrote:
> Most of the time, this upgrade uninstall the old package and install
> the new one.
> 
> What do you think about idempotent packages ? If no <upgrade/> is
> specified, just execute the <remove/> of the old revision and the
> <install/> of the new one.

Have a look at how Java can work:

<http://wpkg.org/Java>

This uninstalls old versions of Java before doing an upgrade/install.

Brian May