On 08/17/2009 12:42 PM, Stepan Kasal wrote: > perl-core installs perl+core, i.e. the perl interpreter plus all the > core modules. So I see _some_ logic behind that. Well, I like to think that I tried to put some logic behind it originally, but I think this is a better logic. :) > I still think that people who will get all the core modules instead > of "just the perl" when they yum install perl, will feel trapped. I'm not sure of that, most probably won't notice the difference. > A question (sorry if it already has been answered): are we the last > one who use the name "perl" for the minimal set? If majority the other > GNU/* distributions use the term "perl" for perl+core modules (I know > that Debian does, for example), then we probably should unify the > terminology. Yeah, I don't think anyone else uses "perl" for the minimal set. >> > We should also clean up the autoprovides anyway, [...] > Agreed. > >> > [...] as much as looking at that pile of code makes me cry. > I would like to rewrite it from scratch. > > Moreover, I'd like to do it in gawk. These scripts are the only > reason why every mock build root contains perl. > > Again, this is something which should not be done after the alpha > freeze. IIRC, with the new schedule, dist-f13 opens long before > F-12 is released, I think it is soon after the beta freeze, i.e. at > the end of September. Okay, lets focus this in the F-13 release. ~spot -- Fedora Extras Perl SIG http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Perl Fedora-perl-devel-list mailing list Fedora-perl-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-perl-devel-list
