[Koha-devel] Require only core modules for Makefile.PL? (was Re: Database updates)

[Christopher Nighswonger]

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Jared Camins-Esakov <
> jcamins at cpbibliography.com> wrote:
>
>> Additionally, you will need to install File::Find::Rule
>>
>
> ... before one can run perl Makefile.PL to do a new installation.  I don't
> think that (in this case, indirectly) requiring a non-core Perl module to
> run the first step of the installation after unpacking the tarball is a
> good idea.  I've opened bug 9328 to discuss the specifics, but I think
> there's a minor coding principle to discuss: should we have an explicit
> requirement that only core modules be necessary to start the installation?
>
> [1] http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9328
>
>
+1

Kind Regards,
Chris
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