* Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-17 18:43]:
> Not quite.  There's a new mechanism in M::B (it's done in CVS
> already, you can take a look) called "features", which
> formalizes the concept of optional functionality that can be
> turned on or off.

Now what would be *very* cool is if I could say that I want some
optional feature even though I don't have its prerequisites
installed, and then have these prereqs automatically promoted to
mandatory ones (which, presumably, would then be autoinstalled by
whichever CPAN shell is in use).

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle
"If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough."

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