Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:10:09 +0900 From: Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> To: perl@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Reduce dependency for p5-WWW-Mechanize* Message-ID: <7mr7nz58r2.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <4170E055.3020503@thegler.dk> References: <7mr7o07q1x.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <4170E055.3020503@thegler.dk>
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At Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:48:21 +0200,
Lars Thegler wrote:
> 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 ;)
I usually checks version dependency in Makefile.PL. If some module
requires newer version of other module, it should be noted so in
Makefile.PL.
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Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> // IMG SRC, Inc.
<kuriyama@FreeBSD.org> // FreeBSD Project
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