Bug#1090734: libmoox-options-perl: Please consider turning dependency on libmoox-configfromfile-perl to a Recommends

intrigeri intrigeri at debian.org
Wed Dec 18 12:11:50 GMT 2024


Package: libmoox-options-perl
Version: 4.103-4
Severity: wishlist

I understand MooX::ConfigFromFile is only used if the consumer code opts-in for
the corresponding feature by enabling the with_config_from_file option.

I could not find any code with codesearch.debian.net that enables this option.

The only potential user of this option in the archive is
MooX::Cmd, which itself Recommends: libmoox-configfromfile-perl.

So AFAICT, doing the same in libmoox-options-perl would:

 - not break anything in the archive

 - allow lowering the size of system images that use libmoox-options-perl
   without the ConfigFromFile support, e.g. Tails, if they
   disable automatic installation of Recommends

 - move the responsibility of depending on libmoox-configfromfile-perl
   to consuming apps (none is in the Debian archive currently),
   to be safe in case the user disabled Recommends

Thanks for considering!



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