[wpkg-users] Suggestion: upgrades from specific revisions

[Chris Wilcox]

> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:16:46 +0200
> From: ralf.lederle at ite.uni-stuttgart.de
> To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Subject: [wpkg-users] Suggestion: upgrades from specific revisions
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think it would be a good thing, if you could define different upgrade
> commands for upgrades from specific revisions.
> 
> For example: if you actually want to upgrade Adobe Acrobat 9, you first need
> to uninstall it, install it again and then apply 4 patches, which takes quite
> a lot of time. On machines, where the actual revision is installed, applying
> only one new patch would be sufficient.
> 
> I have something in mind like this:
> 
> <upgrade fromrevisionlessthan="5" cmd="..."/>
> <upgrade fromrevision="5" cmd="..."/>
> <upgrade fromrevisiongreaterorequalthan="6" fromrevisionlessorequalthan="8"
> cmd="..."/>
> <upgrade fromrevisiongreaterthan="8" cmd="..."/>
> 
> What do you think about this?

 

I can see the point but it would become a very very lengthy xml file over the lifespan of a package such as Flash, Shockwave, Quicktime etc...

 

Perhaps perform the upgrade first ONLY if the current XML file revision is greater than that currently installed on the computer?

 

Chris
 		 	   		  
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