Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-b-hooks-endofscope.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-b-hooks-endofscope.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-b-hooks-endofscope.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
       <para role="required">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-module-implementation"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-sub-exporter-progressive"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-variable-magic"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/> (for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-sub-exporter-progressive"/> and
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-variable-magic"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-cpan-meta-check.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-cpan-meta-check.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-cpan-meta-check.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">CPAN::Meta::Check Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-deep"/> for the testsuite
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (Required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-deep"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime-locale.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime-locale.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime-locale.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -50,11 +50,15 @@
         <xref linkend="new-perl-file-sharedir"/>,
         <!-- perl-file-sharedir pulls in perl-file-sharedir-install -->
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-namespace-autoclean"/>, and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-params-validationcompiler"/>, also
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-namespace-autoclean"/> and
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-params-validationcompiler"/>
         <!-- perl-params-validationcompiler pulls in perl-specio -->
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-cpan-meta-check"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-ipc-system-simple"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-file-sharedir"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/> (all four for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime-timezone.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime-timezone.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime-timezone.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
         <!-- perl-params-validationcompiler pulls in perl-specio -->
         <!-- perl-specio pulls in perl-try-tiny -->
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/> for the testsuite,
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        Both <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/>,
         but only if a copy of <xref role="nodep" linkend="new-perl-datetime"/>
         (for which this is a dependency) has already been installed
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-datetime.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -48,11 +48,15 @@
         <xref linkend="new-perl-datetime-locale"/>,
         <!-- perl-datetime-locale pulls in perl-namespace-autoclean -->
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-datetime-timezone"/>, also
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-datetime-timezone"/>
         <!-- perl-params-validation-compiler is pulled in by both
              perl-datetime-locale and perl-datetime-timezone -->
         <!-- perl-params-validationcompiler pulls in perl-specio -->
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-cpan-meta-check"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/> (all three for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-dist-checkconflicts.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-dist-checkconflicts.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-dist-checkconflicts.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
       <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-module-runtime"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> (for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-module-runtime"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-eval-closure.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-eval-closure.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-eval-closure.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Eval::Closure Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/> (both for the testsuite)
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-file-copy-recursive.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-file-copy-recursive.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-file-copy-recursive.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">File::Copy::Recursive Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-path-tiny"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-deep"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-file"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/> (all needed for the testuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-http-message.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-http-message.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-http-message.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
         <xref linkend="perl-http-date"/>,
         <xref linkend="perl-io-html"/>,
-        <xref linkend="perl-lwp-mediatypes"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-uri"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/> (for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="perl-lwp-mediatypes"/> and
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-uri"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-http-negotiate.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-http-negotiate.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-http-negotiate.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">HTTP::Negotiate Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <!-- The required HTTP~::Headers is part of HTTP::Message -->
-        <xref linkend="perl-http-message"/> (for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="perl-http-message"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-libwww-perl.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-libwww-perl.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-libwww-perl.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@
         <xref linkend="new-perl-net-http"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-www-robotrules"/>, also
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-www-robotrules"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-needs"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requiresinternet"/> (all three for the testusite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requiresinternet"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-list-someutils-xs.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-list-someutils-xs.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-list-someutils-xs.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">List::SomeUtils::XS Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-leaktrace"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/> (both for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-module-implementation.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-module-implementation.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-module-implementation.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
       <para role="required">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-module-runtime"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/> (both for the testsuite),
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-package-deprecationmanager.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-package-deprecationmanager.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-package-deprecationmanager.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@
         <xref linkend="new-perl-params-util"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-sub-install"/> and
-        <xref linkend="perl-sub-name"/>, also
+        <xref linkend="perl-sub-name"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/> (both for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-package-stash.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-package-stash.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-package-stash.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@
       <para role="required">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-dist-checkconflicts"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-module-implementation"/>,
-        also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/> ( both for the testsuite )
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-module-implementation"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-params-validate.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-params-validate.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-params-validate.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
       <para role="required">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-module-build"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-module-implementation"/>, also
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-module-implementation"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/> (both for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-requires"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-params-validationcompiler.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-params-validationcompiler.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-params-validationcompiler.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
         <!-- eval-closure is pulled in by specio -->
         <xref linkend="new-perl-exception-class"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-specio"/>; also
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-specio"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-without-module"/>,
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings"/> (both for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings"/>
         <!-- test2-suite provides Test2::Vo and is pulled in by test2-plugin-nowarnings -->
       </para>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-specio.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-specio.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-specio.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@
         <xref linkend="new-perl-role-tiny"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-sub-quote"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/>; also
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-try-tiny"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommendeded">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-mro-compat"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-needs"/> (all three for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-needs"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-sub-quote.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-sub-quote.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-sub-quote.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Sub::Quote Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> for the testsuite
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-super.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-super.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-super.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">SUPER Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-sub-identify"/> (for the testsuite)
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-sub-identify"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-file-sharedir.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-file-sharedir.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-file-sharedir.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@
         <xref linkend="new-perl-file-sharedir"/>,
         <xref linkend="new-perl-path-tiny"/> and
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-scope-guard"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/> for the testsuite
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-scope-guard"/>
+      </para>
 
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-fatal"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-file.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-file.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-file.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Test::File Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
-      <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-utf8"/> (for the testsuite)
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-utf8"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-mockmodule.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-mockmodule.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-mockmodule.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
       <para role="required">
         <xref linkend="new-perl-module-build"/>,
-        <xref linkend="perl-super"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/> (for the testsuite)
+        <xref linkend="perl-super"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test-warnings"/>
       </para>
 
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings.xml	(revision 1f01e5eeb41478acf90191f78c4e8933eb444e45)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings.xml	(revision 1bad997b489f7d37402a68c1fc5600ab16feed36)
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
       <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-test2-suite"/>, also
-        <xref linkend="new-perl-ipc-run3"/> for the testsuite
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-test2-suite"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="new-perl-ipc-run3"/>
       </para>
 
