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I counted 192 dependencies. Here is the whole kit'n'kaboodle:
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use CPAN; CPAN::Shell->install( "File::ShareDir", "File::Copy::Recursive", "Algorithm::Diff", "Text::Diff", "Data::Dumper", "Test::Differences", "Tree::DAG_Node", "Test::Warn", "Class::Data::Inheritable", "Exception::Class", "Test::Most", "Hash::Merge::Simple", "Perl6::Junction", "Moose::Autobox", "Config::INI::Reader", "Config::MVP::Reader", "Config::MVP::Reader::INI", "ExtUtils::Manifest", "Package::Constants", "IO::Zlib", "Archive::Tar", "Text::Template", "Software::License", "autobox", "IO::TieCombine", "App::Cmd::Setup", "Mixin::Linewise::Readers", "Pod::Eventual", "Math::Round", "Class::Singleton", "parent", "DateTime", "DateTime::TimeZone", "DateTime::Locale", "MooseX::Types::Perl", "File::ShareDir::Install", "WWW::RobotRules", "HTTP::Cookies", "Net::FTP", "Net::HTTP", "HTTP::Daemon", "HTTP::Negotiate", "File::Listing", "LWP::UserAgent", "Term::ReadKey", "Getopt::Long::Descriptive", "HTML::Tagset", "HTML::Parser", "Time::Local", "HTTP::Date", "URI", "Encode::Locale", "LWP::MediaTypes", "Compress::Raw::Bzip2", "Compress::Raw::Zlib", "IO::Uncompress::Inflate", "HTTP::Status", "CPAN::Uploader", "Log::Message", "Log::Message::Simple", "Term::UI", "YAML", "YAML::Syck", "YAML::XS", "Error", "YAML::Perl", "Filter::Util::Call", "YAML::Tiny", "Number::Compare", "Text::Glob", "File::Find::Rule", "Getopt::Long", "File::Slurp", "Pod::Usage", "Perl::Version", "String::Flogger", "Sub::Exporter", "Sub::Exporter::GlobExporter", "ExtUtils::ParseXS", "Params::Check", "Module::CoreList", "Module::Load", "Module::Load::Conditional", "Locale::Maketext::Simple", "IPC::Cmd", "ExtUtils::CBuilder", "Perl::OSType", "Module::Metadata", "Module::Build", "Attribute::Handlers", "Params::Validate", "Sys::Syslog", "Log::Dispatch::Output", "Log::Dispatch::Array", "Log::Dispatchouli", "Data::Section", "Path::Class", "MooseX::Types::Path::Class", "Module::Pluggable::Object", "String::Formatter", "JSON", "autodie", "Date::Format", "Time::Piece", "String::Errf", "Role::HasMessage", "Class::Load", "Role::Identifiable::HasIdent", "Devel::StackTrace", "StackTrace::Auto", "MooseX::Role::Parameterized", "MooseX::OneArgNew", "Tie::IxHash", "File::Path", "Time::HiRes", "IPC::Run3", "Probe::Perl", "Test::Script", "File::Which", "File::HomeDir", "File::pushd", "IO::Dir", "JSON::PP", "CPAN::Meta::YAML", "Parse::CPAN::Meta", "CPAN::Meta::Converter", "aliased", "Sub::Uplevel", "Test::Exception", "Carp::Clan", "MooseX::Types::Moose", "MooseX::LazyRequire", "MooseX::SetOnce", "Test::Deep", "File::Temp", "version", "Version::Requirements", "Sub::Identify", "namespace::clean", "base", "Variable::Magic", "B::Hooks::EndOfScope", "namespace::autoclean", "Scope::Guard", "Devel::GlobalDestruction", "Sub::Name", "Package::Stash", "Eval::Closure", "Algorithm::C3", "Class::C3", "MRO::Compat", "Package::Stash::XS", "Try::Tiny", "Test::Fatal", "Package::DeprecationManager", "Test::Requires", "Moose", "Sub::Install", "Data::OptList", "Sub::Exporter", "String::RewritePrefix", "List::MoreUtils", "Task::Weaken", "Class::Inspector", "Hook::LexWrap", "Test::SubCalls", "MIME::Base64", "Digest::base", "XSLoader", "Digest::MD5", "Clone", "Params::Util", "Test::Tester", "Test::NoWarnings", "Storable", "Exporter", "Test::Object", "IO::String", "Encode", "Test", "Text::Wrap", "Pod::Escapes", "Pod::Simple", "Pod::Man", "Scalar::Util", "File::Spec", "ExtUtils::MakeMaker", "Test::Harness", "Test::More", "File::Remove", "PPI", "Perl::PrereqScanner", "Dist::Zilla");

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Re^2: Why I hate Dist::Zilla
by Anonymous Monk on May 09, 2014 at 09:51 UTC
    what a waste of time, installing the module via cpan,cpanm etc does this, plus your script is pointless and will be out of date.