[wpkg-users] [Bug 244] New commands syntax leads to exception

[Stefan Pendl]

Rainer,

> 
> > Plenty of things to change and test ;-)
> 
> Thanks a lot for keeping packages up to date with latest 
> features and sorry for 
> added effort ;)
> 
> I just want to add that there is no requirement to update 
> existing packages. 
> This might be important for corporate customers. WPKG up to 
> now always kept full 
> backwards compatibility to protect your investment and keep 
> maintenance effort 
> as low as possible.
> So you can still use packages built for WPKG 0.x back in 2005.
> 

I have already taken advantage of the new command structure for the Notepad++ package, which allows sharing a single line for
installing and removing of the package.
Sure one line is not much, but I do have over 200 packages at work, where some are quite complex, so I think there will be further
space for improvement.

I envision using the new conditions for the updates of a CAD package, where I could chain according to the installed version.
For instance, if a specific service pack is not installed, do not install the hot fixes for it or similar.

In addition using multiple releases concurrently is now handled by package priority to make sure the oldest release is always
installed first.
This might be another place to check out new possibilities.

I have changed from dependencies to includes where possible, since it does not always make sense to define the installation order by
dependencies.

This offers quite some flexibility and allows for better handling of dependent packages.

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Stefan