Bug#705228: libdbix-class-perl: should only suggest (not recommend) libsql-translator-perl

Jonas Smedegaard dr at jones.dk
Mon Apr 15 21:24:05 UTC 2013


Quoting gregor herrmann (2013-04-15 22:46:08)
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:06:37 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me to be the common use of libdbix-class-perl to 
> > simplify access to a single database, even if it also provides 
> > simplification for conversion across databases (which seems to be 
> > the reason for the libsql-translator-perl package relation).
> 
> META.yml requires SQL::Abstract, and grepping through the code this 
> seems like a valid claim (it's use'd in DBIx::Class::SQLMaker which is 
> use'd in quite some other modules). So for me Recommends sounds about 
> right -- usually you would want libsql-translator-perl installed, and 
> if not you can always (uninstall it|turn off Recommends).

Fair enough.  Thanks for the thorugh analysis (and sorry I was too 
sloppy to do so myself).

 - Jonas

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