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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 06:04:48AM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote: > Why not? In that, the core distribution doesn't need to install its own > "test_requires". It would be perfectly feasible to have the module in the > tarball and use it for testing, but to edit the installation scripts to > skip installing it. > > If it's the best tool for the job, and avoids wheel re-invention, it seems > the best solution. Aha. Because it's not self-contained, or anything like that. It has a pretty large list of pre-requisites of its own: https://metacpan.org/source/ADAMK/Test-Inline-2.212/META.yml Sigh. I'll repeat though, that the core distribution doesn't need to install and modules only used for testing. (Or for building, for that matter). Nicholas ClarkThread Previous | Thread Next