On Dec 28, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Stas Bekman wrote:
Why not? I'm not familiar with Module::Build, but doesn't it make possible to subclass itself? Of course ModPerl::MB is only needed if there are 3rd party mp2 modules that use M::B. Are there any? May be David could write a skeleton for a dummy module that uses M::B. In fact I don't mind taking one of my modules and convert them to use M::B if David can help me with the task. It would be a good idea to do that for one pure perl module and another for XS module. So we could start with: Apache-Filter-HTTPHeadersFixup (pure perl) and then do Apache-Scoreboard-2.0 (XS) and developer ModPerl::MB on the way.
David, what do you think?
I don't think that the XS tools are quite there for Module::Build, but I'm not sure. You'd have to ask Ken and Randy on the Module::Build mail list.
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=45731
But starting with one of your Pure Perl modules is a good idea. Yes, M::B is subclassable--that's exactly how I implemented Apache::TestMB. So you should be able to create ModPerl::MB (or ModPerl::Build) as a subclass and simply override the install base property to add "Apache2" to it where necessary. I can certainly help some and answer some questions, but Ken Williams and Randy Sims will give you the best answers on the mail list (where I am also active, usually sending patches).
Regards,
David
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