Bug #34817 for XML-Compile: Reduce dependencies..

Thu Apr 10 05:04:57 2008 jesper [...] krogh.cc - Ticket created

Subject:

Reduce dependencies..

XML::Compile has pretty harsh requirements.. on an Ubuntu Gutsy (latest Ubuntu release) an installation of XML::Compile 0.73 would force an update of the perl-installations due to the Math::BigInt requirement. Isn't it possible to circumvent that? Thanks. Jesper

Thu Apr 10 05:30:11 2008 solutions [...] overmeer.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #34817] Reduce dependencies..
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:33 +0200
To:	"jesper [...] krogh.cc via RT" <bug-XML-Compile [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Mark Overmeer <solutions [...] overmeer.net>

* jesper@krogh.cc via RT (bug-XML-Compile@rt.cpan.org) [080410 09:05]: Show quoted text

> > Thu Apr 10 05:04:57 2008: Request 34817 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by jesper@krogh.cc > Queue: XML-Compile > Subject: Reduce dependencies.. > Broken in: 0.73 > > XML::Compile has pretty harsh requirements.. on an Ubuntu Gutsy (latest > Ubuntu release) an installation of XML::Compile 0.73 would force an > update of the perl-installations due to the Math::BigInt requirement. > Isn't it possible to circumvent that?

What do you mean with "the perl-installations" ? What needs to be updated? The newest version from Math::BigInt is available as dual lived module from CPAN. Math::BigInt is rather crucial for a correct functioning of XML::Compile (because the XML Schema spec defines that a "Decimal" should support at least 18 digits) -- Regards, MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Overmeer MSc MARKOV Solutions Mark@Overmeer.net solutions@overmeer.net http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net

Thu Apr 10 05:30:17 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Apr 10 06:41:08 2008 jesper [...] krogh.cc - Correspondence added

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jesper [...] krogh.cc

On Thu Apr 10 05:30:11 2008, solutions@overmeer.net wrote: Show quoted text

> * jesper@krogh.cc via RT (bug-XML-Compile@rt.cpan.org) [080410 09:05]:

> > > > Thu Apr 10 05:04:57 2008: Request 34817 was acted upon. > > Transaction: Ticket created by jesper@krogh.cc > > Queue: XML-Compile > > Subject: Reduce dependencies.. > > Broken in: 0.73 > > > > XML::Compile has pretty harsh requirements.. on an Ubuntu Gutsy (latest > > Ubuntu release) an installation of XML::Compile 0.73 would force an > > update of the perl-installations due to the Math::BigInt requirement. > > Isn't it possible to circumvent that?

> > What do you mean with "the perl-installations" ? What needs to be > updated? The newest version from Math::BigInt is available as dual > lived module from CPAN. > > Math::BigInt is rather crucial for a correct functioning of XML::Compile > (because the XML Schema spec defines that a "Decimal" should support at > least 18 digits)

Sorry if I'm too distribution specific. Ubuntu Gutsy provides Math::BigInt 1.77, which is delivered by the perl-modules, build by the perl source package that also provices the perl-interpreter. So in order to create an updated package of this with the new Math::BigInt to push out to our servers I have to go through and build and update a new'er version of "perl-modules" and "perl". So my question was.. is 1.78 of Math::BigInt really a hard requirement? since it is giving quite lagre update challenges. Thanks.

Thu Apr 10 07:26:31 2008 solutions [...] overmeer.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #34817] Reduce dependencies..
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:25:37 +0200
To:	"jesper [...] krogh.cc via RT" <bug-XML-Compile [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Mark Overmeer <solutions [...] overmeer.net>

* jesper@krogh.cc via RT (bug-XML-Compile@rt.cpan.org) [080410 10:41]: Show quoted text

> On Thu Apr 10 05:30:11 2008, solutions@overmeer.net wrote: > So my question was.. is 1.78 of Math::BigInt really a hard requirement?

The real couse of these problems is Perl's concept of "dual-lived" modules. Math::BigInt is part of the core distribution, but a newer version of the module is made available via CPAN as well. It doesn't really fit in the release models of Linux distributions. I try to get a performance improvement using this: # will warn if Math::BigInt::GMP cannot be found use Math::BigInt lib => 'GMP'; # to supress the warning use this: # use Math::BigInt try => 'GMP'; Clearly, the latter is best. However, "try" requires verion 1.78 of Math::BigInt... I will contact the author of the module, to see what happens if one module loads GMP and the other module does not. If I can move the "try => 'GMP'" to the user script, then that may solve our problem... -- Regards, MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Overmeer MSc MARKOV Solutions Mark@Overmeer.net solutions@overmeer.net http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net

Thu Apr 10 17:23:33 2008 solutions [...] overmeer.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #34817] Reduce dependencies..
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:23:06 +0200
To:	"jesper [...] krogh.cc via RT" <bug-XML-Compile [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Mark Overmeer <solutions [...] overmeer.net>

* jesper@krogh.cc via RT (bug-XML-Compile@rt.cpan.org) [080410 10:41]: Show quoted text

> Ubuntu Gutsy provides Math::BigInt 1.77, > So my question was.. is 1.78 of Math::BigInt really a hard requirement?

A long message from Tels explains the problem from Math::BigInt side, and I decided to get away from the "try => GMP" parameter... which lowers the required version of Math::BigInt, as you need. Just released 0.74 to CPAN with the fixes. Are they sufficient for you? -- Regards, MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Overmeer MSc MARKOV Solutions Mark@Overmeer.net solutions@overmeer.net http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net

Sat Apr 12 06:24:43 2008 MARKOV [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

fix was released in 0.74

Sat Apr 12 06:24:46 2008 MARKOV [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'