Remove dependency on CGI.pm in high river CPAN dists. about cgi.pm HOT 4 CLOSED

Template::Plugin::CGI is its own dist as of April 2022, so you can cross that one off the list.

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I can second this request.

The Template module is how I had CGI foisted upon my system. :-D

Looking into why Template uses this module, https://metacpan.org/release/ATOOMIC/Template-Toolkit-3.010/source/Makefile.PL#L155 is the offending line (it only needs it for testing).

Also, checking out https://metacpan.org/module/CGI/requires?sort=[[3,1]] it appears like, for whatever reason, in 2019 there was a resurgence of use/interest in the CGI module (if you use uploads of other modules which use CGI in some capacity as the metric).

As odd as it sounds, that resurgence in usage is likely due to 98126c6 clarifying who holds the copyright and making explicit what the license is.

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Thanks Cal. Looking in a bit more detail, the Template2 dist uses CGI.pm in Template::Plugin::CGI and the test of that module. So while it only appears to be required by testing, there is harder requirement by one of the modules in the dist.

A solution might be to split Template::Plugin::CGI into its own dist, but that might break downstream darkpan given the history here. Not sure what @toddr and @atoomic think? There are still a few issues related to CGI.pm in the Template2 dist (e.g. abw/Template2#212 and abw/Template2#215) so getting it split out might be something worth doing.

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Also libwww-perl/WWW-Mechanize#327 removes CGI.pm from WWW::Mechanize. Looking at https://metacpan.org/module/CGI/requires?sort=[[0,1]] CGI.pm is no longer required by any high river dists 🎉

Closing.

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