-=| Gunnar Wolf, Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 09:46:52AM -0600 |=- > I cannot recall the exact details... But I do recall there was a > reason for using M::D::I instead of META - I am just guessing, but I > think it is related to Paul's statement, «all modern CPAN modules > should have a META.yml file». Very often, we need -or are requested > to- package _very_ old modules. And CPAN is full of > perfectly-functioning but no-longer-maintained modules. Which lack a > META file, or whose META file is incomplete/outdated.
Just an idea: Outdated META can be detected by insecting the meta-space/version field or even generated_by. We could also translate the optional dependencies into Debian's Suggests. All in all, META.yml seems like a good source of information to me. Even if not perfect in all cases, the results are supposed to be inspected by a human anyway :) -- dam JabberID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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