Unicode::Collate, useful but useless

% perl -MUnicode::Collate -e 'Unicode::Collate->new'
Unicode::Collate: Can't locate Unicode/Collate/allkeys.txt in @INC  
(@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/BSDPAN /usr/local/lib/ 
perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/ 
local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 / 
usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach /usr/ 
local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at -e line 1

Okay, I know, it wants a Unicode Collation Element Table, it's well  
documented in the pod where to get such a table.
But:
- it wants this file to be in $foo/Unicode/Collate/allkeys.txt where  
$foo is in @INC, which is very inconvenient, and even impossible to  
achieve in some hosted environments.
- It seems the default table (DUCET) isn't bundled with Perl because  
of its size (1.2 Mb). Maybe "1.2Mb is too big" could be reconsidered  
w.r.t today's environment. At any rate does it really make sense that  
Unicode::Collate is in core but unusable as is?

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Éric Cholet