I am working on a module that when given a CPAN distribution, it will determine what modules that distribution depends on by scanning the META.yml file or if that one is not present, the Makefile.PL file.
Is that a good name for it?
It differs from existing modules in that it merely parses the Makefile.PL file rather than try to compile or run it and look for what modules it requests. For most modules on CPAN, it is quite adequate.
(The parsing module is actually Module::MakefilePL::Parse--which is already on CPAN, although that may not be the best name...)
The purpose of this is for a larger project that checks testing results from CPAN Testers for a module and specific platforms. The lack of test results for some platforms is sometimes because needed modules do not work on specific platforms. This information would be useful to module authors.
Thanks, Rob
