On 4 Mar 2004, at 15:51, Dan Sugalski wrote:
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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.
Which is how I originally looked at it when I added Pod::Simple.
But then Robert asked "why are we including CPAN modules that we are not likely to change into the parrot repository?", and Leo suggested the "prominent notes" approach, which left me with the impression that this was something that had to be dealt with.
It's an ongoing fight between the "go get the libs and install them" folks and the "self-contained distribution" folks. I'm in the latter category. :)
So, do I just leave Pod::Simple there?
Depends on when Pod::Simple showed up in the standard perl distribution. If it can be reasonably expected to be there and working back to 5.6.0, *and* we gracefully fail if it's not there, we can leave it out. If not, it stays in.
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