Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I would imagine that we'd also want CPAN.pm (or CPANPLUS.pm), at least.
>
> Which means at the very least Socket and MakeMaker.
Socket, yes. MakeMaker, maybe not, if we can get to the point of
prebuilt distributions.
I think it is permissible to have a perl core that requires external
tools (e.g., a browser) to download additional kits (e.g., CPANPLUS +
MakeMaker) so that from there on CPANPLUS can handle all additional
installs.
In any case I do not think the goal is to obtain an absolute minimum
set of modules. Just an acceptable small set.
For convenience, we need a couple of predefined distributions:
- just the core (perl + Config.pm + DynaLoader)
useful only for bootstrapping (nevertheless useful)
- core + minimal extensions (e.g., networking, CPANPLUS)
- core + practical extensions (minimal + CGI + XML)
- core + all extensions
As a consequence, the Perl configuration and build process could be
modified to concentrate on building the core, and then use core perl
for configuring/building the rest.
And whatever choices are made, a lot of them will be arbitrary.
-- Johan
