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Subject: RE: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:44:54 -0000
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On 12 December 2007 15:31, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:

> What is the justification for these 5 modules?
>     perl-Error

  "Required by git".
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00094.html

>     perl-ExtUtils-Depends
>     perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig

 "buildtime-only requirement for the Perl GNOME bindings"
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2006-02/msg00196.html
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2006-02/msg00197.html

>     perl-Module-Build

 "required to build perl-Error"
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00097.html

> Again, I stand by my point of not turning CPAN modules into
> Cygwin packages unless it is necessary.

  Agree with your basic point, but maybe somebody's got a plan that we don't
know about?

    cheers,
      DaveK
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