#40514: metar: add libwww-perl dependency --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: xnando@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: haspatch Port: metar | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by larryv@…): Replying to [comment:5 xnando@…]:
I'd like to leave shebang line as it is. it is standard on every unix derived system and i don't care on wich perl it will use.
This does not make sense. How can it use the system Perl to run but load a Perl module provided by MacPorts?
I'd like to leave also p5-libwww-perl as it is. It is backwards compatible as well as future releases compatible. It simply works.
It’s MacPorts policy for ports that require Perl or a Perl module to depend on a specific version of Perl. The `p5-*` ports are not intended to be used as dependencies, as all they do is pull in the corresponding `p5.12-*` ports. And what happens if `p5-libwww-perl` suddenly changes one day to depend on `p5.16-libwww-perl`? Will `metar` just keep working? We will not accept this patch in its present state. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40514#comment:6> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X