Allow for alternatives in "depends"

Raku · Mar 16, 2014 · c308fcd · c308fcd
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@@ -223,8 +223,16 @@ example of this would be:
     "Sereal:auth<cpan:*>:ver(1..*)"
   ]
 
+To indicate alternatives, it is possible to specify a list of C<use> strings,
+instead of just a single use string:
+
+  "depends" : [
+    [ "Archive::Compress", "Archive::Zlib" ]
+  ]
+
 An installer has the option to automatically install any dependencies, if the
-user has so indicated.
+user has so indicated.  Alternatives should be tried in order.  The first one
+for which the recommendation manager returns an identity, should be used.
 
 =head3 emulates