> Where do you get the 70%/30% ratio from? Uploaded a package to CPAN with - a test that fails when DBI is not installed, and - a Build.PL which does not indicate that DBI is a requirement (even though it is).
> I'd like to see details of the specific underlying problems that cause > build failures with the current release. Ideally with some indication of > which are the most frequent. You would be missing the point. (The point being not to pour lots of work into making the C version work everywhere, but to make it just *possible* to install only the PurePerl version on the <1% of systems where the C version cannot be made to work or other reasons motivate the use of the PurePerl version.)
