Dear Sir or Madam,
It has recently come to my attention that ActiveState does not supply PPMs for CPAN modules that use Module::Build in their build process. I have received a support request for one of the CPAN modules that I maintain asking me not to have dependencies on modules that use Module::Build. This places me in an uncomfortable position.
Why has ActiveState decided to isolate their ActivePerl users from a growing fraction of the CPAN? Is this a technical or business decision? If it's technical, would ActiveState like some help from the Perl community? Will there ever be PPMs for modules that use Module::Build? Why doesn't this issue appear in the ActivePerl bug tracker?
Cheers,
-J
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