Re: [pcp] [PATCH 0/6] nfsclient pmda

[Mark Goodwin <mgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/19/2011 03:25 PM, Max Matveev wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:25:33 +1100 (EST), Nathan Scott wrote:
>
>   >>  PS. Nathan, what's the point of splitting stuff in src/cpan into a
>   >>  separate package and at the same time shipping perl pmdas in the main
>   >>  one?
>
>   nathans>  It allows separation of build dependencies for layered
>   nathans>  builds.  There's a logical hierarchy of libpcp/libpcp_pmda
>   nathans>  ->  PCP::PMDA ->  pcp and anyone building their own PMDAs
>   nathans>  outside of PCP doesn't need to install pcp for their builds.
>
> When we need a prereq from pcp for perl-PCP-PMDA - without it
> perly pmdas are useless. Or all perlies must go to a separate package
> which will prereq perl-PCP-PMDA.
or perly PMDAs could ship in perl-PCP-PMDA itself instead of pcp.