Module::Install recommends

skazat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

In the docs for Module::Install, it mentions, "recommends" line in the Makefile.PL file, but then gives no documentation for it. Does this line actually do anything? Is Module::Install the current favorite thingy to use to install multiple Perl Modules (Ala Bundle), or, should I be using something else?

I'm currently attempting to package a distribution of my own program, which requires a few CPAN perl modules and Module::Install looks like a good candidate to make that happen. Am I barking up the wrong tree?

-justin simoni
skazat me

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Re: Module::Install recommends by Anonymous Monk on Aug 10, 2007 at 03:12 UTC
Not required, but recommended.	[reply]
Re^2: Module::Install recommends by skazat (Chaplain) on Aug 10, 2007 at 03:56 UTC
Yeah, I got the idea of why it's there (and it looks useful), but the example in the Synopsis of the module itself, when run, doesn't quite give much feedback that anything happens at all. Is it simple a line that can manually be changed by someone who wants to peep into the Makefil.pl file and go, "oh hey, this is recommended, I'll just change this, 'recommend' bit to, 'required' and see what happens..." If so, that's fair enough and mad scientistic enough, but the docs don't gleam much on that. -justin simoni skazat me	[reply]
Re^3: Module::Install recommends by Anonymous Monk on Aug 10, 2007 at 04:36 UTC
Examples http://search.cpan.org/src/JESSE/Jifty-0.70117/Makefile.PL http://search.cpan.org/src/JESSE/Jifty-0.70117/META.yml http://search.cpan.org/src/AUTRIJUS/Module-Install-0.61/Makefile.PL http://search.cpan.org/src/AUTRIJUS/Module-Install-0.61/META.yml	[reply]
Re^4: Module::Install recommends by skazat (Chaplain) on Aug 10, 2007 at 23:31 UTC
Re: Module::Install recommends by daxim (Curate) on Aug 11, 2007 at 17:56 UTC
no documentation for it File a bug. Does this line actually do anything? Apparently something is going on in `lib/Module/Install/Metadata.pm`. install multiple Perl Modules Yes, via Task modules. See Task::Perl::Critic for an example. Wiki \| CPAN Testers wiki	[reply]
Re^2: Module::Install recommends by skazat (Chaplain) on Aug 17, 2007 at 23:16 UTC
Done! -justin simoni skazat me	[reply]


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