On Mar 14, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Steven Schubiger wrote:
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 11:44:11AM -0600, Chris Dolan wrote:
* Simply automatic translation of legacy Makefile.PL files into
Build.PL files
This functionality has already been made available via the
Module::Build::Convert
distro, so no need to make your hands dirty and redo it. Have a
look at it and if
you like, tell us what's missing from your point of view.
There was a typo in that bullet. I meant to say "Simplify" not
"Simply".
The difference is that Module::Build::Convert uses the *results* of
Build.PL to compute Makefile.PL, not the source code. Consider File-
Extract as an example:
http://search.cpan.org/src/DMAKI/File-Extract-0.06/Build.PL
That Build.PL changes its prereq list dynamically after prompting the
user. Setting aside whether File-Extract's approach is wise or not,
one can easily see that Module::Build::Convert would lose information
about that prompting and would produce a naive Makefile.PL.
My proposed module would conceivably enable Module::Build::Convert to
easily test whether the Build.PL is non-trivial, and thereby suggest
to the author that he hand-edit his Makefile.PL instead. Of course,
I do not propose adding PPI to the M::B prereq list at this point.
I'm using this just as an example of where my proposed module would
offer novel functionality.
Chris
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