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From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
June 24, 2009 03:14
Subject:
Re: Perl 5.10.1
Message ID:
b77c1dce0906240314q37c26cd9pd11a3408275b7125@mail.gmail.com
2009/6/24 Ovid :
> So Nick's suggestion of bundling everything is a compromise for those (like
> myself) who would like to see the core language brought into the modern age
> (it's soooooo close ... :) and those (like yourself) who have a more
> conservative approach that's likely to be reassuring to existing code bases
> (the darkpan is important).

A bundle is good, but when producing a bundle, keep in mind a couple of
points:

* until 5.12 and its re-ordered @INC is out, modules distributed with
  the core can't be superseded by newer versions without overwriting the
  files, which is a big problem if you're installing the whole bundle as
  a single rpm (for example)

* more modules mean that you'll probably loose some platforms or
  configurations, which is OK if you're bundling for a specific family
  of OS or architecture

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