Remember that I'm only interested in altering database tables. I'm not interested in anything else.

The actual dependency list from installing SQL::Translator is: 

Class::Base
GD 
GraphViz 
  IPC::Run
  Graph
    Heap
  Math::Bezier
IO::Scalar
Parse::RecDescent 
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
  OLE::Storage_Lite
    IO::Scalar
Template
   AppConfig
Test::Differences
  Text::Diff
    Algorithm::Diff
Test::Exception 
  Sub::Uplevel
  Test::Builder::Tester
Text::RecordParser 
XML::Writer 
XML::XPath 
  XML::Parser
YAML

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Looking at this list, I can not understand why I would need GD, GraphViz or Template as I don't need visualizations. And these are not trivial modules to install.

I don't really understand why I would need to install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel when I'm never going to use that (I only want to do MySQL <-> MySQL for a client). I would rather be able to have that be optional rather than being forced to install it.

All in all, I'm forced to install modules of which I'm sure that I'm never going to use them. Worse, several modules just didn't install at all! Particularly GD doesn't install "just like that" without the right libraries pre-installed, and XML::Parser is another one that needs an external library to be properly set up.

I perceive obligatory prerequisites for features I'm never going to use as a nuisance. It makes me seriously consider whether or not I would like to have SQL::Translator as a prerequisite for a module that I'm going to develop.

Liz

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Database File Advice by liz
in thread Database File Advice by Anonymous Monk

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