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From:
Nicholas Clark
Date:
January 29, 2011 12:10
Subject:
Re: Modernizing MAD
Message ID:
20110129201039.GT24189@plum.flirble.org
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:59:29PM -0500, Jesse Vincent wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 07:57:13PM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:50:18PM -0500, Jesse Vincent wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I think, as is, the modules will be installed (always) as they are in lib/,
> > > > and installperl has no special-case rule to prevent it.
> > > > 
> > > > This troubles me, I think mainly because the modules have package names
> > > > 'Nomad', 'P5AST', 'P5re' and 'PLXML', not MAD::*, hence
> > > 
> > > Then I screwed up generating the patch. They should all have moved into
> > > MAD::* 
> > 
> > No, I screwed up reading it. Don't assume that the --- bits later become
> > the +++ bits. Sorry.
> 
> Given that, opinions on applying it?

I'm not *sure* (haven't thought massively about the implications either way)
of installing the modules, if the perl they're being installed against doesn't
have MAD enabled. On the one hand, their presence might give an erroneous
impression that the general functionality should work, when actually it
doesn't. On the other hand, the modules still work, and can usefully process
output XML files, independent of whether the perl running them can generate it.

Nicholas Clark

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