Dag Wieers <dag@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 A1tmblwd@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Dag Wieer's package has the least dependencies. After my last >> experience this would appear to be for the good. The code for >> perl-XML-Parser comes from a common source, www.cpan.org. So, why the >> difference in dependencies? Why are third-party packagers not using the >> source rpm and spec file from Fedora Core so that this difference in >> dependencies does not occur? > >Because at the point that this was packaged, there was no alternative. My >original package existed before any official one. > Dag, please clarify. Do you mean that you were the first to put out a perl-XML-Parser for a Redhat/Fedora release and that RedHat/Fedora later added the module to their distribution or do you mean that you were the first to release a package based on CPAN's 2.34 code base? __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
