Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 03:42:58PM +0100, Tels wrote:
On Thursday 26 January 2006 15:26, Thomas Klausner wrote:
I just uploaded Module::CPANTS::Analyse to CPAN. MCA contains most of
the previous Kwalitee indicators and some code to check if one
distribution tarball conforms to those indicators. It also includes a
script calls <i>cpants_lint.pl</p> which is basically a frontend to the
module.
Very cool.
However, I am _really really_ starting to wonder whether we need a
Kwalitee rating based on *excessive usage of prerequisites*.
How about two; one, a point for not having lots of prerequisites,
and another, a point for having lots of prerequisites. Where
lots is defined as the same number in both cases.
Yep :)
And therein lies the problem.
Working out when a dependency is important and when it's useless, or
vanity, or lazyness (good or bad) or whatever requires a human judgment
call.
So we can't really do anything about it.
Is it OK to use a lot of dependencies if they all work? :)
Adam K
