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RE: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages
On 12 December 2007 15:31, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> What is the justification for these 5 modules?
> perl-Error
"Required by git".
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00094.html
> perl-ExtUtils-Depends
> perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
"buildtime-only requirement for the Perl GNOME bindings"
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2006-02/msg00196.html
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2006-02/msg00197.html
> perl-Module-Build
"required to build perl-Error"
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00097.html
> Again, I stand by my point of not turning CPAN modules into
> Cygwin packages unless it is necessary.
Agree with your basic point, but maybe somebody's got a plan that we don't
know about?
cheers,
DaveK
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