On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Peter Flanigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 02:20:00PM -0700, chromatic wrote: >>> >>> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 14:10:55 David Cantrell wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 01:23:31PM -0700, chromatic wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I already know that my distributions don't work if you don't install >>>>> the >>>>> dependencies >>>> >>>> I'm pretty damned sure that this a straw man. Can you point at any >>>> regular tester who *right now* is regularly failing to follow the >>>> dependency chain? >>> >>> http://use.perl.org/~chromatic/journal/37201 >>> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2008/08/msg2029059.html > > Would this be fixed by adding > > configure_requires: > Module::Build: 0.280801 > CPANPLUS::Dist::Build: 0.05
I think that would mean for *everyone* even those who are currently using CPAN.pm that thy first need to install CPANPLUS and only then attempt to install my module. It might eliminate the FAILs but create an unnecessary dependency. Gabor
