Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:05:48 +0800 From: Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@tw.freebsd.org> To: Yen-Ming Lee <leeym@leeym.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Dag-Erling =?big5?B?U23I+3JncmF2?= <des@des.no>, perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port dependencies on p5-Test-* Message-ID: <20080226020547.GA96900@FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw> In-Reply-To: <759236930802251702h694c4f5bn2c7c87c7c47c7cc@mail.gmail.com> References: <86zltpzrxt.fsf@ds4.des.no> <759236930802242324o614598d1i1a8ca3cc8c12478c@mail.gmail.com> <86prulibf4.fsf@ds4.des.no> <759236930802250245j646f5be5k8382bedbfb2a7c1e@mail.gmail.com> <868x19i6ky.fsf@ds4.des.no> <759236930802251702h694c4f5bn2c7c87c7c47c7cc@mail.gmail.com>
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So step by step,
Let's take out Test::* from RUN_DEPENDS.
And discuss BUILD_DEPENDS later.
I'll examine my p5-* ports now.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 05:02:59PM -0800, Yen-Ming Lee wrote:
> 2008/2/25, Dag-Erling SmÈûrgrav <des@des.no>:
> > "Yen-Ming Lee" <leeym@leeym.com> writes:
> > > For Makefile.PL, all dependencies are listed in 'PREREQ_PM' so it's
> > > hard to tell which ones are really needed and which ones are needed
> > > only for tests.
> >
> > I assume that in the vast majority of packages that are not themselves
> > named p5-Test-*, none of the Test::* modules are required.
> >
> > The sed script I posted may remove too much from Makefile.PL, and
> > Build.PL, but that doesn't actually matter as long as the port's
> > BUILD_DEPENDS and RUN_DEPENDS are correct; it only means that
> > Makefile.PL won't verify that they're there. The ports tree's
> > dependency system guarantees that they are, and even if they aren't, the
> > build will fail.
> >
>
> Okay, I agree to remove these Test::* from RUN_DEPENDS since they
> should be only used for tests, however I still want to keep them in
> BUILD_DEPENDS so that it will be easier when developers want to 'make
> test' (I know that we don't do it for p5-* perl, but I do).
>
> So, there are two problems in the current perl ports, and either one
> of them will generate the overkill dependencies:
> 1. depends on the modules which are in perl core list already
> 2. put the dependency-for-test-only (say Test::*) in RUN_DEPENDS
>
> I wrote a script to catch both problems, and I'll update it daily here:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~leeym/p5-lint.txt
>
> To simplify the dependency tree for p5- ports, we should start with that list.
>
> For case 1, someone prefers to use the latest version while someone
> prefer to simply the dependency. I myself prefer the latter. I guess
> it needs further discussion to make a consensus.
>
> And, note for case 1: If some modules are needed for some features in
> newer version, it should use versioned dependency instead and specify
> the minimum version needed. My script will check with Module::CoreList
> for that specific version.
>
> For case 2, I guess the consensus is to keep RUN_DEPENDS as simple as
> possible, right?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Yen-Ming Lee <leeym@leeym.com>
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Alan Cheng-Lung Sung - clsung@
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