Re: Should I list core modules as dependencies?

Yes. It'll save you from doing so later if the module is ever becomes slated for removal from core. It's also useful for those analysing dependency trees.

Modules previously removed from core:

Archive::Extract
assertions
assertions::activate
assertions::compat
attrs
B::Asmdata
B::Assembler
B::Bblock
B::Bytecode
B::C
B::CC
B::Disassembler
B::Lint
B::Lint::Debug
B::Stackobj
B::Stash
Bundle::CPAN
ByteLoader
CPAN::API::HOWTO
CPAN::DeferedCode
CPANPLUS
CPANPLUS::Backend
CPANPLUS::Backend::RV
CPANPLUS::Config
CPANPLUS::Config::HomeEnv
CPANPLUS::Configure
CPANPLUS::Configure::Setup
CPANPLUS::Dist
CPANPLUS::Dist::Autobundle
CPANPLUS::Dist::Base
CPANPLUS::Dist::Build
CPANPLUS::Dist::Build::Constants
CPANPLUS::Dist::MM
CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample
CPANPLUS::Error
CPANPLUS::inc
CPANPLUS::Internals
CPANPLUS::Internals::Constants
CPANPLUS::Internals::Constants::Report
CPANPLUS::Internals::Extract
CPANPLUS::Internals::Fetch
CPANPLUS::Internals::Report
CPANPLUS::Internals::Search
CPANPLUS::Internals::Source
CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::Memory
CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::SQLite
CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::SQLite::Tie
CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils
CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::Autoflush
CPANPLUS::Module
CPANPLUS::Module::Author
CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake
CPANPLUS::Module::Checksums
CPANPLUS::Module::Fake
CPANPLUS::Module::Signature
CPANPLUS::Selfupdate
CPANPLUS::Shell
CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source
Class::ISA
Compress::Zlib::Common
Compress::Zlib::Compress::Gzip::Constants
Compress::Zlib::Compress::Zip::Constants
Compress::Zlib::CompressPlugin::Deflate
Compress::Zlib::CompressPlugin::Identity
Compress::Zlib::File::GlobMapper
Compress::Zlib::FileConstants
Compress::Zlib::IO::Compress::Base
Compress::Zlib::IO::Compress::Deflate
Compress::Zlib::IO::Compress::Gzip
Compress::Zlib::IO::Compress::RawDeflate
Compress::Zlib::IO::Compress::Zip
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::Base
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::Inflate
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::RawInflate
Compress::Zlib::IO::Uncompress::Unzip
Compress::Zlib::ParseParameters
Compress::Zlib::UncompressPlugin::Identity
Compress::Zlib::UncompressPlugin::Inflate
Devel::DProf
Devel::InnerPackage
Encode::Internal
Encode::iso10646_1
Encode::JP::Constants
Encode::JP::ISO_2022_JP
Encode::JP::JIS
Encode::JP::Tr
Encode::Tcl
Encode::Tcl::Escape
Encode::Tcl::Extended
Encode::Tcl::HanZi
Encode::Tcl::Table
Encode::usc2_le
Encode::utf8
Encode::XS
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::YAML
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish
Fatal
File::CheckTree
JNI
JPL::AutoLoader
JPL::Class
JPL::Compile
legacy
List::Util::PP
Locale::Constants
Log::Message
Log::Message::Config
Log::Message::Handlers
Log::Message::Item
Log::Message::Simple
Math::BigInt::Scalar
Module::Pluggable
Module::Pluggable::Object
OS2::DLL
OS2::ExtAttr
OS2::PrfDB
OS2::Process
OS2::REXX
Object::Accessor
PerlIO::Scalar
PerlIO::Via
Pod::LaTeX
Pod::Plainer
Scalar::Util::PP
Shell
SubstrHash
Switch
Sys::Syslog::win32::Win32
TAP::Parser::Source::Perl
TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::pgTAP
Term::UI
Term::UI::History
Test::Harness::Assert
Test::Harness::Iterator
Test::Harness::Point
Test::Harness::Point
Test::Harness::Results
Test::Harness::Straps
Test::Harness::Util
Text::Soundex
Thread::Signal
Thread::Specific
TieHash
Version::Requirements
XS::APItest::KeywordRPN

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