[Catalyst] Catalyst/Catalyst::Helper split

Sebastian Riedel sri at oook.de
Tue Apr 18 16:05:26 CEST 2006


18.04.2006 15:54 Brandon Black:

> On 4/17/06, Sebastian Riedel <sri at oook.de> wrote:
>> 18.04.2006 03:57 Christopher H. Laco:
>>> Does that mean that catalyst.pl MyApp does
>>> nothing until you install the Helper package? Seems like just  
>>> another
>>> barrier to getting started...and also a hindrance to all modules who
>>> include a component and a helper, which is most models and views.
>>
>> No, myapp_create.pl will check for Catalyst::Helper and die with the
>> friendly message "Please install Catalyst::Helper!".
>> So no changes needed at all, just update the scripts in your apps (as
>> usual).
>>
>
> Does this mean that best practice for M/V/C dists like
> Catalyst::View::TT or Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema should be to
> require Catalyst but make Catalyst::Helper merely recommended in the
> Build.PL/Makefile.PL/whatever when this goes live?  The presumption
> being that for the simple deployment of a fully developed production
> application, one doesn't need/use the Helper side of the Model/View?

Yes.

--
sebastian




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