Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:48:21 +0200 From: Lars Thegler <lars@thegler.dk> To: Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> Cc: perl@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Reduce dependency for p5-WWW-Mechanize* Message-ID: <4170E055.3020503@thegler.dk> In-Reply-To: <7mr7o07q1x.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> References: <7mr7o07q1x.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp>
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Jun Kuriyama wrote: > Hi again, :-) > > More dependency reducing here: While I understand the motivation for dependency reduction, I have a feeling that, in the case of Perl modules, this is the wrong direction to go. I agree, that for instance, Pod::Parser v1.14 is currently included in lang/perl5.8. But what should happen, when this module is updated on CPAN, and textproc/p5-PodParser is updated? IMHO, the user would want the module to be updated. But if there is no dependency, the port is not installed, and the module is not updated. I agree, that we can remove the dependency now, but then we should reinsert it when textproc/p5-PodParser is updated, and I do not see that happening ;) /Lars
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