I am using the CQ Blueprints maven archetype for Adobe CQ to deploy OSGi bundles into CQ5.6.1. This archetype uses the Maven Sling Plugin to deploy the bundles by copying them into an install directory of my content repository.
I am changing the version numbers of my bundles upon every build using the maven versions plugin. Therefore, upon each deployment, a bundle jar with a new filename is installed, like commons-services-1.0.30.jar. My problem is, currently the older bundle versions, like commons-services-1.0.29.jar, are not removed upon installation of a newer version.
I would like to avoid old bundle versions piling up in my install folders. Therefore my question is: What is the best way to uninstall/delete these older versions upon installation of a new version?
I solved the problem by configuring the filter.xml in my myproject-all module (see CQBlueprints description for the purpose of this module) to delete the contents of my bundle install folder. This way, old bundles are always deleted before new bundles are installed.
To delete the contents of my install folder, I added the following line to my filter.xml file:
<filter root="/apps/myapp/install">