>>>>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:07:27 +0200, "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
> * Andreas J. Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-09-13 12:30]: >> Something like that. Or even simpler: B depends on A but the >> author of B does not specify the dependency. > Surely it would be better to send a patch upstream than to hack > around the problem downstream? Absolutely. But let's pretend there were uncooperative CPAN authors or CPAN authors that do not make a new release immediately when you send them a patch. The bundle concept helps you to resolve dependencies between third party distributions without touching these distributions directly. -- andreas
