Re: Conflicts in the meta spec

On 15.04.13 18:56, Michael G. Schwern wrote:
> TL;DR version...
> IMO we only need to clarify what "conflicts" means and what actions CPAN
> tools should take.
>
> We talked in the Consensus Dome about the need for and meaning of the
> "conflicts" relationship in the CPAN::Meta::Spec.
> https://metacpan.org/module/CPAN::Meta::Spec#Prereq-Spec
>
> IIRC the conclusion was...
> * We need it.
> * It's not clear what it means. (I don't recall what the confusion was)

The difference between "A conflicts with B op VER" and "A breaks B op 
VER" and "A superflous B".

> * Let's see what Debian does.

Or MacPorts, HomeBrew or pkgsrc :P

Jens