Re^3: Listing dependencies for Perl modules--should even the common ones get listed?

G'day etj,

That's a far more complicated Makefile.PL than I currently write; however, I can see some distinct benefits to using it.

I found ExtUtils::MakeMaker - META_MERGE which has some limited information. It doesn't mention {prereqs}{develop}{requires} or {prereqs}{runtime}{suggests}; I suspect there may be others.

Can you point me to a definitive reference for the META_MERGE key? Thankyou.

— Ken

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Re^4: Listing dependencies for Perl modules--should even the common ones get listed? by hippo (Archbishop) on Apr 06, 2025 at 09:50 UTC
The definitive reference is CPAN::Meta::Spec. 🦛	[reply]
Re^5: Listing dependencies for Perl modules--should even the common ones get listed? by kcott (Archbishop) on Apr 11, 2025 at 19:12 UTC
G'day hippo, ++ for the reference; and thanks again to etj for the original idea. This definitely seems like a better idea than splitting dependencies across `Makefile.PL` and `README` files. As well as my own personal modules, I maintain templates for these files for $work: I'll look at integrating `META_MERGE` during the next maintenance iteration. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]