If you're worried about distributing software, look at PAR. If you're worried about shared-hosting environments, look at doing personal installations with perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~.

The biggest problem I'm seeing is that you're requiring a lot of space just to install Perl. I already get pissed off when installing 5.8.x also installs 2304720387 other modules. Now, these other modules ... I don't use most of them. Frankly, I don't want most of them - if I could uninstall them without breaking anything, I would. Especially on production systems within the DMZ - less security holes. It's not much help, but anything is better than nothing.

Also, Perl is used for more than just web applications. Yet, you seem to want Perl to be web-only. Same with XML.

Personally, I think the core should be just that - the core. Just enough for me to get Perl's interpreter and an easy way to install stuff from CPAN. Maybe a testing module or two. That's it.

Now, if you want to create your own Perl distribution or bundle up your favorite modules ... go right ahead. Nothing's stopping you ...

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In reply to Re: Larger Perl distributions by dragonchild
in thread Larger Perl distributions by szabgab

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