[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Make an UPDATE XAR of XWiki Enterprise standard XAR

[Jerome Velociter]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Ludovic Dubost <ludovic at xwiki.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a general problem when upgrading XWiki which is to not forget to
> exclude certain files from the import.
> The manual exclusion is something that generates all sorts of problems
> especially when done by less experienced users.
>
> These files are:
>
> - preferences
> - all and admin group
> - admin user
> - invitation config file
> - anotation config file
>
> Either we make a FULL and an UPGRADE XAR or we make a CODE and CONFIG xar
> (initial install would need both xars to be imported).

We can also do : CODE, CONFIG and FULL that is the sum of both.

+1 for the idea, that will makes our and those of our users easier
until we have a proper upgrade mechanism with the EM

Jerome.

>
> I'm more for the solution of one FULL and one UPGRADE xar.
>
> Ludovic
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