On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Eric Wilhelm <enoba...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would rather that we do it without a net connection, or at least > ensure that it's the same combination of stuff that the author is > using. This is partly why I lean toward a .packlist-based scheme. You > can't really make it work at all without pure-perl modules, and there > are a few other constraints to the whole scheme. Thus, I think we > should optimize for solving the Module::Build case (90% solution.) > > In other words, at some point you reach a problem where it can't be done > or is maybe just somewhat difficult. I suggest that whatever we try to > do automagically should stop well short of that point.
Like I said, ScanDeps/TraceDeps should work most of the time. Anything too complicated isn't going to bundle well, anyway. My point was that grabbing a META.yml is the only way to be sure -- and only for non arch specific dependencies, but arch-specific bundling is a nightmare anyway. -- David
