>>>>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:36:45 -0400, "David Golden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
>> Why is this better than creating a package that lists all the same >> modules as prerequisites in its Makefile.PL or Build.PL? > See "Task" on CPAN for an alternative like you describe and a list of > reasons why Tasks are better than Bundles. > However, one benefit of Bundles is that you can specify an actual > distribution -- not just a module name. This allows one to specify a > particular development version or an "unauthorized" tarball -- or to > avoid having some module upgraded to a newer version that would break > something else. And another advantage is that the bundle is conceptually an array that is processed sequentially and dependencies have no defined order. So if you have a dependency between two third party modules you can resolve it by writing a bundle, something you can't do with a "Task". -- andreas
