Redundant p5- libraries

Eric Hall opendarwin.org at darkart.com
Wed Apr 1 14:39:29 PDT 2009


On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 09:28:23PM +0000, Marcus Calhoun-Lopez wrote:
> Now that the very useful change of reversing @INC has been made r48955,
> will there be a rule of thumb for p5 dependencies already provided by perl5?
> 
> Option 1: Only have the dependency if the newer version is needed.
> Option 2: If the package is needed, included it as a dependency even if the
>                         base package is sufficient.
> Option 3: No rule of thumb on this matter.
> 
> I would personally be in favor of Option 1 since it would lead to fewer surprises
> for users.
> As much as possible, the packages requested by the user is the one provided
> by the base perl5.

	I also like Option 1, keeps things (generally) simpler.  


		-eric




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