> > > > "within reason". Thats where we're way off right now. > > Let's keep a bit of perspective here. The non-Parrot:: contents of lib > accounts for only 4.6% of the non-ICU content (and only 1.5% if you > count ICU in the total size). It's difficult to see that as > unreasonable, or as "bloat".
The problem isn't today. It's the "trend" and next month, when someone decides they need to add some other module, and has a precedent to follow. Then, suddenly we end up with 30 different modules included in our distribution, each one changed slightly from the CPAN one. Dual-lifed modules that live with perl5 are hard enough. -R