https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385280
--- Comment #10 from Emmanuel Seyman <emman...@seyman.fr> ---
(In reply to Van de Bugger from comment #9)
>
> They are tests, not examples.
In practice, they are sometimes the only examples of use of the module.
> If original Perl distribution does not install tests, why RPM does it?
For the same reason we convert files to UTF-8 or apply patches to better
integrate the modules in the system: the benefits for our users outweigh
the costs.
> Anyway, it is not a reason for installing tests. End-users are not
> interested in tests at all. Developers may be interested, but… Did RPM
> packager take care about *test dependencies*?
We usually use the macro %{?perl_default_filter} in our spec files which
tells RPM not to use provides and requires from the documentation.
> Indeed, it would be much better to have a policy.
That sounds like a job for FESCo.
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