Bug#501688: Getting dh-make-perl to use META.yml

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| Gunnar Wolf, Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 09:46:52AM -0600 |=-
> I cannot recall the exact details... But I do recall there was a
> reason for using M::D::I instead of META - I am just guessing, but I
> think it is related to Paul's statement, «all modern CPAN modules
> should have a META.yml file». Very often, we need -or are requested
> to- package _very_ old modules. And CPAN is full of
> perfectly-functioning but no-longer-maintained modules. Which lack a
> META file, or whose META file is incomplete/outdated.

Just an idea:
Outdated META can be detected by insecting the meta-space/version 
field or even generated_by.

We could also translate the optional dependencies into Debian's 
Suggests.

All in all, META.yml seems like a good source of information to me. 
Even if not perfect in all cases, the results are supposed to be 
inspected by a human anyway :)

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