"David Golden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [TookTony off the email chain]
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Slaven Rezic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I think CPAN.pm *must* (sort of) refuse to build a module when it
> > >
> > > - has a META.yml containing the string configure_requires and the perl
> > > - has no YAML processing module
> > >
> >
> > I disagree. The presence of configure_requires does not mean that
> > anything must be done at all. It is possible that the user already has
> > the required modules installed, or that he is able to install it
> > manually (if he's a human).
>
> I have to agree with this -- CPAN.pm should *warn* about it, but
> should attempt to continue. However, it should not hand things off to
> CPAN::Reporter. If configure_requires is found but can't be parsed,
> then _should_report() should return false.
>
> How does that sound as an approach?
Sounds good.
Regards,
Slaven
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