I've found it to be pretty rare for modules to say which work better with whom. For example, even though Catalyst and DBIx::Class were practically designed to work together (given that
mst is the primary dev on both), there's little in the documentation of either that states that. Same with the fact that TT tends to be the templating system of choice for that sort of system.
Modules that don't play well with others are actually the rule. A given module will only work well with those systems that the author(s) know well. For example, Excel::Template needs to have a wrapper in order to work with Template Toolkit, even though I worked with TT before writing E::T. DBM::Deep doesn't work at all with objects that have $dbh's in them, even though I'm also a DBA. It's hard to write completely general-purpose code.
My criteria for good software:
- Does it work?
- Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?