On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 12:54:02PM -0800, Alan Stewart wrote: > On 26 Jan 2004 at 11:48, Edward S. Peschko wrote: > > > I didn't fully separate them out because I thought it would have taken a > > large rewrite. Right now, all pp does is use the *module* Module::ScanDeps, and > > a couple of its functions. > > > > To do what you suggest would have meant not only refactoring pp, but refactoring > > Module::ScanDeps, putting in methods to both extract and transfer data to > > App::Packer::Backend::PAR, and a whole bunch of go-between code in App::Packer. > > I felt that it would have required more time and energy - tuits - than I had. > > > > Rather than re-writing Module::ScanDeps to be PAR aware and trying to make it be the > Frontend, wouldn't it be better to write an App::Packer::Frontend::PAR that uses > Module::ScanDeps like pp did?
yeah, that'd be ok, IMO. It'd still be tricky, but if someone's willing to try - after the dust settles and .81 is released - I'd give them my blessing.. ;-) Ed
