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Subject: Re: Reduce dependency for p5-WWW-Mechanize*
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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