Every time there was Bitcoins found i was getting a payout, no matter how long it took the pool to find the bitcoins.
I extracted the p2pool executable on to a directory on my desktop, when i upgraded i deleted old folder and replaced with new extracted folder and ran it as before.
It's the 32bit version of p2pool.
To preserve old graphs, payout adress and sharechain you have 2 ways to update:
- overwrite new files in same directory
- copy data folder from old direcotry to new (you might wat to skip log file)
If you unzip new package and run it P2pool can sometimes choose different payout adress and you need "earn" new shares to payout. You also lose all previous stats and pool need download and verify current sharechain.