| Subject: | Wish: make HTML::Parser an optional dependency to break C-compiler dependency |
Hello Björn,
Thanks for this module. It looks like a nice implementation of HTML
character encoding detection.
I'm interested in because I'm working with Gisle Aas on breaking LWP's
dependency on a C-compiler. To do that, we need a pure-perl
implementation of character encoding detection.
This module provides one, but it in turn depends on HTML::Parser.
My "wish" is that an option be added to install and use this module with
HTML::Parser being an *optional* method of determining the encoding. The
Makefile.PL and tests would also need to reflect that the dependency is
optional.
If LWP can ultimately break the dependency on a C-compiler, this useful
module will be available in even more places.
You can read a thread about the proposal here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/libwww@perl.org/msg06733.html
It's my follow-up later in the thread that recommends using this module.
Thanks,
Mark