Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think CGI.pm should be splitted from perl-5.005 (analogically > as Data::Dumper module). Why?
The Data::Dumper module wasn't split from 5.005---it was a separate package for a couple of years that was finally deemed important enough that it was included in the core perl distribution. I think I first put the data-dumper package together in '96 or '97, so it predates even the upstream existence of 5.005. > I could use libcgi-perl (and its version) in depends field. > Some other packages may depend new CGI.pm version, too. > > CGI.pm is often upstreamed on CPAN and recompilation whole > perl package isn't good idea, IMHO. > > CGI.pm isn't critical perl module then we could think about splitting it. I don't understand what eliminating CGI.pm from perl-5.00X buys us. People who don't want to specify libcgi-perl can use a dependency like: Depends: perl-5.005 | libcgi-perl (>= 2.76) to allow people to either use perl-5.005 (whose version they've confirmed to be adequate), or use libcgi-perl of a specific vintage. So go ahead and depend on a version of libcgi-perl if that's simpler---and people will install it. End of story. It will overwrite the one in the upstream perl package, but that's no big deal. I don't think there's any need to muck with the contents of the upstream package for this. Mike.
