Re: OT: File::Spec documentation (was: Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM)

2004-09-07 Thread Andy Lester
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:33:48PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If I have hereby volunteered myself, I shall gladly take this > task upon myself -- just let me know. How far back have you looked? I just sent Ken a bunch of patches to clean it up and use more markup. It's most

OT: File::Spec documentation (was: Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM)

2004-09-07 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-27 21:16]: > For this reason, I'm planning to roll File::Spec and Cwd into a > single distribution. Say, is there any chance we'll ever have the horrible mess in the File::Spec POD cleaned up? It would be nice if the File::Spec documentation didn't just

Re: Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM

2004-08-30 Thread Fergal Daly
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:52:16AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: > If module A uses module B, but module B also uses module A, what do I put in > PREREQ_PM? Will the CPAN shell be able to handle a circular dependency? I'd say it's a sign that you could factor something out of one or both modules, d

Re: Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM

2004-08-27 Thread Ken Williams
On Aug 27, 2004, at 9:19 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:52:16AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: If module A uses module B, but module B also uses module A, what do I put in PREREQ_PM? Will the CPAN shell be able to handle a circular dependency? As I understand, module A is downl

Re: Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM

2004-08-27 Thread John Siracusa
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:19:03 -0500, Mark Stosberg wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:52:16AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: > > If module A uses module B, but module B also uses module A, what do I put in > > PREREQ_PM? Will the CPAN shell be able to handle a circular dependency? > > As I understan

Re: Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM

2004-08-27 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:52:16AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: > If module A uses module B, but module B also uses module A, what do I put in > PREREQ_PM? Will the CPAN shell be able to handle a circular dependency? As I understand, module A is downloaded before it is unpacked to discover that it

Circular dependencies in PREREQ_PM

2004-08-27 Thread John Siracusa
If module A uses module B, but module B also uses module A, what do I put in PREREQ_PM? Will the CPAN shell be able to handle a circular dependency? -John