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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