> >I'd like to remove non-modified, non-parrot Perl modules from lib > >and install them via CPAN.pm. > > No. Sorry, definitely not. Parrot's config isn't going to install > perl modules off the 'net any more than it's going to run apt-get on > systems that support it. We either provide it or do without.
Huh? Dan, what are you smoking? Every project has dependencies. For now, perl5 and a handful of modules are one of parrot's prereqs. That's quite reasonable. If someone can't install a few perl5 modules, they probably shouldn't be building parrot. There's no reason to include large, independently maintained modules like Pod::Simple in the parrot CVS tree and tarball. It just turns into a maintenance nightmare, should we ever start modifying these things. And while the parrot tree is relatively small right now - it won't always be. Might as well keep it small while we can. I don't understand why you are insisting on including these things. Please clarify. -R
