[kepler-dev] [Bug 3898] - update .kepler instead of removing it between versions

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3898


jones at nceas.ucsb.edu changed:

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------- Comment #10 from jones at nceas.ucsb.edu  2009-08-26 13:18 -------
Progress has been made, but there's still work to be done.  There are two main
directories in which things can be stored in Kepler -- the product 'install'
directory (usually in an OS system folder) and the .kepler directory (for
user-specific artifacts and files).  To close this bug, the following should
all be true:

1. The 'install' directory can be removed and replaced by the same version of
kepler, or by a new version, and everything still works fine
   -- this implies that any files that should not be lost across upgrades must
NOT be in the install directory (e.g., InstanceAuthNamespace)

2. User-created KAR files and other artifacts in the .kepler directory should
migrate across version upgrades without duplication -- there is no need to have
multiple copies of the same KAR file

3. There should never be a need to 'clean' any files from the .kepler directory
-- neither during the development cycle nor for a binary product install