Uninstallers?

[Mikhail Glushenkov]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm preparing the 2011.2.0.1 rev. of HP for Mac OS X and I'm wondering what
> to do about uninstallers.
> "Uninstallation", when run as part of the installation of a particular HP
> version, or as installed as a script to be run by the user later could mean
> any of these things:
> 1) Uninstall precisely just the version installed, leaving other versions
> (older and newer) alone.
> 2) Uninstall older versions than the version just installed.
> 3) Uninstall all but the newest version on the system.
> 4) Uninstall all versions.
>  [...]
> What do folks think? What does the Windows installer offer in this way?

The Windows installer takes option#1. User-installed packages are not
touched, though it might be nice to check for their presence and offer
to remove them.


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