Re: [pcp] rpm and perl and packaging question

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/08/13 14:23, Mark Goodwin wrote:
> by-passing packaging/install dependencies with runtime "softdeps"
> almost always end in tears, or at least a big mess further down
> the track .. which is why I didn't opt for this solution in the
> Fedora BZ. But if you want to go with it then OK by me I guess;
> it does solve the messy packaging issue for now.
This whole issue seems to be one created by RH/Fedora ... you can't 
really sustain the position where you want package A but are not willing 
to include a required package B in the distro.
The problem also seems to be unique to RH/Fedora as we don't see it on 
the other platforms that PCP installs on.
If the disto won't provide Spreadsheet::Read then the requirement to 
hand-install this from cpan is ugly, but not as ugly as choosing to omit 
sheet2pcp from the distro.
I'll make the use -> require and warn change, and then I'm done with 
this issue.
Cheers, Ken.