It's not that I want to hand-install modules. I'm absolutely comfortable using CPAN.pm as the means of automating the install of either a Task:: or a Bundle::, I just didn't understand that it was necessary.

What really screwed me up was this statement in the Task POD:
This implementation as a module allows normal Perl tools to be able to load the module and check it's version to confirm you have the required modules, without the need for a CPAN client involved.
I interpreted that as "CPAN.pm isn't necessary for Task::s". Let's touch up the Task POD to clarify that CPAN.pm use is still appropriate, and even expected, for automated prerequisite resolution.

I still have the larger question of where the "Perl community" is headed. If there's any kind of consensus that Task:: is preferred over Bundle:: then let's add that to the CPAN FAQ or even to the CPAN.pm POD. I stumbled on Task:: entirely by accident!

In reply to Re^2: Task:: or Bundle:: by brainsick
in thread Task:: or Bundle:: by brainsick

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