On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:47:02 +0200, Michiel Beijen <michiel.bei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Merijn, > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:40 AM, H.Merijn Brand <h.m.br...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:19:52 +0100, "Martin J. Evans" > > <martin.ev...@easysoft.com> wrote: > >> On 09/10/13 18:49, Michiel Beijen wrote: > > >> > my proposal is: > >> > > >> > - Remove the section from DBI documentation that states a DBD should > >> > have a Bundle > >> > - Update the text in the existing Bundles, which now typically reads > >> > someting along the lines of "This bundle includes all that is needed > >> > to connect with a MySQL server using DBI." to "This file exists for > >> > historical reasons." > > <snip> > > > In which case removing the Bundle from the distribution (I keep the > > required versions updated in the CSV bundle) should also imply an > > action to remove the Bundle from CPAN, as otherwise people that still > > install the bundle will get OLD versions installed. > > Exactly, this is why my proposal is NOT to remove the bundles, but to > drop the section in DBI documentation that says that ALL DBDs should > have a Bundle. For Bundles that are already existing, we could change > the text, explaining that the Bundle is really only there for legacy > reasons. I agree then. The doc change should note then that if a Bundle is already defined (in history) the versions should be updated on every release. -- H.Merijn Brand http://tux.nl Perl Monger http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using perl5.00307 .. 5.19 porting perl5 on HP-UX, AIX, and openSUSE http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
