On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:02:03 +0000
Matt S Trout <m...@shadowcat.co.uk> wrote:
> provides means "you don't need to index this dist at all",
With all respect, according to CPAN:::Meta::Spec:
"you shouldn't be indexing anything in the first place - just use that"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
At least I understand this to mean that whatever is in the provides should
turn up in the searches, listings, etc.
> I wonder if some form of META linting should squeal about this, simply on
> the grounds of it makes no sense so other downstream software may also
> fail to handle it sanely.
That would be a good idea.
-- Johan
