On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:26:53AM -0400, Sean Dague wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 04:54:35PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:57:00PM +0900, Tatsuhiko Miyagawa wrote:
> > > What's wrong with Bundle::*?
> >
> > Bundles require a working and configured CPAN shell, which many people
> > do not or can not have. Also, you can't specify exact version
> > requirements with a bundle, just dependencies. So if one of the
> > modules in the bundle gets upgraded and breaks things, the bundle
> > breaks.
>
> But you can specify exact files via:
>
> =head1 CONTENTS
>
> B/BR/BRADAPP/PodParser-1.18.tar.gz
>
> A/AA/AAA/.....
>
> ...
>
> The Bundle I made for Perl Power Tools a while back did that, as there was
> no desernable version of a module anywhere inside the bundle.
>
> Just a thought,
And a very good one. I didn't know it could do that (though it's obvious now).
Thanks.
Tim.
