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Email-MIME-Modifier (1.442)

The poor rating isn't so much for the module itself, but rather these modules all together. My gripe is with the bundling. Rather than bundling a set of similar modules together, instead many minor modules are distributed separately creating in effect a 'DLL Hell' or in this case 'PM Hell'. This package is a great example. Prerequisites include:

Email::MIME
Email::MIME::ContentType
Email::MIME::Encodings
Email::MessageID

Rolling these together into a single Email module would make far more sense and make distribution far easier for someone who has to actually install these and doesn't have the luxury of the CPAN module for use with installation.

David Bialac - 2008-02-29 20:56:11
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