web commit by bremner: deleted (my) redundant TODO item

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@@ -6,17 +6,30 @@ Ikiwiki is a perl program, and needs a recent version of perl such as
 5.8.8. (5.8.0 has been reported not to work).
 
 Ikiwiki requires the [[cpan Text::Markdown]], [[cpan URI]],
 5.8.8. (5.8.0 has been reported not to work).
 
 Ikiwiki requires the [[cpan Text::Markdown]], [[cpan URI]],

-[[cpan HTML::Parser]], and [[cpan HTML::Template]] perl modules be
-installed, and also uses the following perl modules if available: 
-[[cpan CGI::Session]], [[cpan CGI::FormBuilder]] (version 3.05 or newer),
-[[cpan Mail::Sendmail]], [[cpan Time::Duration]], [[cpan TimeDate]],
-[[cpan HTML::Scrubber]], [[cpan RPC::XML]], [[cpan XML::Simple]],
-[[cpan XML::Feed]], [[cpan File::MimeInfo]], [[cpan Locale::gettext]]
-(version 1.04 or newer).
+[[cpan HTML::Parser]], [[cpan HTML::Template]], and [[cpan HTML::Scrubber]]
+perl modules be installed.
+
+It also uses the following perl modules if available: [[cpan
+CGI::Session]], [[cpan CGI::FormBuilder]] (version 3.05 or newer), [[cpan
+Mail::Sendmail]], [[cpan Time::Duration]], [[cpan TimeDate]], [[cpan
+RPC::XML]], [[cpan XML::Simple]], [[cpan XML::Feed]], [[cpan
+File::MimeInfo]], [[cpan Locale::gettext]] (version 1.04 or newer).
+
+It's recommended you have a C compiler, as ikiwiki uses one to build
+wrappers.

 
 Various [[plugins]] use other libraries and utlities; see their individual
 documentation for details.
 
 
 Various [[plugins]] use other libraries and utlities; see their individual
 documentation for details.
 

+The Debian packages depend on and recommend an appropriate set of packages.
+
+While Fedora 7 doesn't have an ikiwiki package, you can install needed
+perl modules using this command:
+
+       yum install perl-Text-Markdown perl-Mail-Sendmail perl-HTML-Scrubber \
+         perl-XML-Simple perl-TimeDate perl-HTML-Template perl-CGI-FormBuilder \
+         perl-CGI-Session perl-File-MimeInfo perl-gettext
+

 If you want to install from the tarball, you should make sure that the
 required perl modules are installed, then run:
 
 If you want to install from the tarball, you should make sure that the
 required perl modules are installed, then run: