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Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution

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From:
Christian Walde
Date:
May 24, 2013 09:57
Subject:
Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution
Message ID:
op.wxk1wyfwydyjqt@digitizedsqueak
On Fri, 24 May 2013 11:06:49 +0200, Alexandr Ciornii  
<alexchorny@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2013/5/24 Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org>:
>>
>> Finally, if you need CGI, it's easy to install after installing perl,  
>> just like
>> everything else we've dropped from the core distribution.
>
> It would not be easy to do on web hosting which does not has
> possibility of installing modules from CPAN. Also currently CGI.pm
> requires FCGI which requires compiler which frequently is not
> installed.

I ask for this to be considered a blocker for uncoring CGI.pm. As much as  
i dislike it, many people are in environments where no compiler is  
available (welcome to corporate policy) and will have a very rude  
awakening many years in the future when their Perl is upgraded.

-- 
With regards,
Christian Walde
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