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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@smrk.net>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH (RFC) 2/2] INSTALL: try to be less confusing about optional modules
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 21:27:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240316212756.M816616@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240315143049.1590728-2-stepnem@smrk.net>

Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net> wrote:
> The difference between the "numerous optional modules"
> section (containing only two modules) and the "everything
> else optional" section was unclear (to me, at least).
> Just put both under a single heading.

<snip>

> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ Where "deb" indicates package names for Debian-derived distributions,
>  "pkgin" for NetBSD, "apk" for Alpine Linux and "rpm" is for RPM-based
>  distributions (only known to work on Fedora).
>  
> -Numerous optional modules are likely to be useful as well:
> +Numerous optional modules might be useful as well, depending
> +on your use case and preferences:
>  

OK, I like the first change.

>  - DBD::SQLite                      deb: libdbd-sqlite3-perl
>                                     pkg: p5-DBD-SQLite
> @@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ Numerous optional modules are likely to be useful as well:
>                                     rpm: perl-Search-Xapian
>                                     (required for lei; HTTP and IMAP search)
>  
> -Every effort has been to make everything else optional:
> -

I consider DBD::SQLite and Xapian significantly more important
than the rest, so I favor keeping the above line.

>  - Plack                            deb: libplack-perl
>                                     pkg: p5-Plack
>                                     rpm: perl-Plack, perl-Plack-Test,

  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-16 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-15 14:30 [PATCH 1/2] Fix some typos and language nits in docs and comments Štěpán Němec
2024-03-15 14:30 ` [PATCH (RFC) 2/2] INSTALL: try to be less confusing about optional modules Štěpán Němec
2024-03-16 21:27   ` Eric Wong [this message]
2024-03-16 22:37     ` Štěpán Němec
2024-03-18  8:29       ` Eric Wong
2024-03-16 22:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] Fix some typos and language nits in docs and comments Eric Wong

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