[Catalyst] Is it normal to have lots of trouble installing catalyst?

[John Napiorkowski]

I found that to be the case as well, when you try to
install YAML for the first time it has both Test::Base
and Spiffy as dependencies.  Yeah, I thought it
sounded strange as well, but since Spiffy installs
without trouble I just let it go.

--- "Christopher H. Laco" <claco at chrislaco.com> wrote:

> apv wrote:
> > On the heels of that.
> > 
> > All the problems being talked about are
> prerequisite related
> > and some just from the complexity of the
> prerequisite chains.
> > I had, mostly, the same problems on Darwin as I
> had on a shared
> > DreamHost account with Linux. Though there were
> Catalyst
> > induced problems just a couple versions ago from
> the conflicting
> > build stuff (I think Matt fixed it in 5.61?) which
> is the only build
> > experience some have had.
> > 
> > I just upgraded to 5.64 an hour ago and was forced
> to install
> > 3 new modules--including Spiffy?--to upgrade to
> the required
> > version of YAML. Another 2 or 3 new requirements
> every other
> 
> Spiffy? That doesn't seem right at all. 0.55+
> doesn't have SPiffy as a
> meta/makefile requirement at all.
> 
> > release is playing chicken with your users. There
> have been
> > about 50 (I think) added since I first installed
> Catalyst just a
> > couple of months ago.
> > 
> > So, the main point for me is that Catalyst is
> getting big
> > and adding dependencies to it should not be a
> casual matter.
> > If anything, I'd love to see them trimmed down
> whenever
> > the chance presents. The cleaner and smaller the
> core
> > can stay, the better for everyone who uses
> Catalyst.
> > 
> > -Ashley
> 
> On this point I have to agree. Without much detailed
> thought, every time
> an update has come out between 5.56/5.64, I always
> leave the upgrade
> experience with one single first impression: Why is
> so much changing so
> fast.
> 
> I understand things change, and usually for the
> good, but for a while
> now, I've been left with a lack of faith about
> upgrades being bug fixes
> vs. 10 new/changed features for every minor point
> release.
> 
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