On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Reini Urban <re...@cpanel.net> wrote: > First, CPAN dependencies are often wrong and maintainers are reluctant to > add missing deps. Zefram is such a case. Tasks rely on proper deps of all > kids, and when single child misses a dep the installation fails. Bundles are > more stable. But of course Tasks are easier to maintain and cause less > hassle on dep changes.
Tasks can add deep (missing) dependencies just as well as Bundles can. > Second, the XS issue. I think filed a bug report years ago, when I had to > write and keep maintaining Bundle::CPANReporter2 to be able install the new > metacpan reporter on several hundred installations. Maybe I'll find it, but > currently I'm a bit busy... If I missed it, I apologize. David
