At 16:28 Uhr -0800 03.04.2002, Ben Hines wrote:
>At 5:53 PM +0200 4/3/02, Max Horn wrote:
>>You must install storable-pm to get any caching.
>>
>
>
>Will this be added as an essential package? Or will only folks who 
>are "in the know" get to have caching? :)

Neither, at least for now.

First of, this is not an essential package. Think about it, i.e. what 
essential means: it's something you can't do without. Certainly not 
true in this case.

Secondly, the new Fink package has a Suggests: storable-pm line

Thirdly, we'll eventually add a line to the docs that mention this.

Lastly, the main reason why I am reluctant to make this an essential 
package is that people can get problems if they have installed 
storable already via CPAN. This scenario must first be researched 
before we can even consider it. The  "is my perl tarnished?" thread 
on fink-users was very intersting in that regard (broken storable-pm 
originally installed via CPAN messing up his system).


Cheers,

Max
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