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On Monday 05 September 2005 17:53, Adam Kennedy wrote: > Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni wrote: > >>Adam Kennedy wrote: > >>>has_perl_dependency: > >>> > >>>In the META.yml (assuming it exists) there is a dependency on the > >>>version of perl required to install the dist. > > > > Problem is that the version said to be required is often bogus. For > > example, the distributions created with h2xs since Perl 5.8 all > > contain a prereq using the version of the local Perl. Hence a good > > number of recents uploads on the CPAN with "use 5.008007" while the > > code perfectly works under any 5.8.x > > That's just fine, because the first thing that's going to happen is > that they are going to try to install the module on some other machine > and boom "insufficient version". > > Or it will be the first bug that gets reported... > > But at least it's known and obvious and the author has to do the check > to see which version and become aware of the issue in the process. > > Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a default of 5.006 and some > Perl::MinimumVersion + CPAN Testers method for testing if it works > undef 5.006 or not. P:MinVer grabs the easy to see cases, CPAN Testers > gets the rest. I thought cpantesters skip modules that list 5.8.7 when the testbox only has 5.8.1 or so? OTOH, I sometimes get FAILs because a listed prerequisite is not installed and the testsuit fails (no wonder). Best wishes, Tels - -- Signed on Mon Sep 5 18:48:43 2005 with key 0x93B84C15. Visit my photo gallery at http://bloodgate.com/photos/ PGP key on http://bloodgate.com/tels.asc or per email. "Boooooooring!" - Dot, the Warner sister -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBQxx3LncLPEOTuEwVAQGiQgf/Q9ugbEoTXFTSRTcN6sk2OPZwLv39skoz C6BP9eyUQgghaVOhDlnJMQa2tMuUxinh1++Tw3arcbTQNQBsp8RYyzH0XU9sDekt YSziAtn2/hXpd55v3MAeBf6oayyX+ERl7WwrfY+d61PBVWfUqhL8oh+jYBa/CVWA HhTRaqDptGUtR4Mfse6uJbNudX5X6l6Wm+kpREPgx6yo4luQLLjimXIRUGGCNKpD cZnbMfcVMo1G6piwDmqrLoz2Sof5iBzDP3gSM3ufwRxKw4WHxB43tIj4JYyVMHa7 1pkTSliitkvsWe9FjcePNbLBWhE+HT1DsagMXvDkJ9tGo3ZIEBKRGA== =Q1c2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
