>>>>> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:32:48 -0700, Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> # from Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni > # on Tuesday 17 April 2007 05:12 pm: >> If you really want Module::Build to be installed, why not simply >> create a traditional Makefile.PL and add Module::Build as a >> prerequisite? That way your module can be installed with >> ExtUtils::MakeMaker yet Module::Build also gets installed for the >> next time. > That assumes the module *can* be built/installed with EU::MM (without > extra shenanigans.) If you have a custom build class, this is often > not the case. > The solution really should not involve 'traditional'. > Furthermore, I already do declare a dependency on Module::Build in the > META.yml. It seems that this is ignored though. I understand Adam's > argument about platform-sensitive dependencies, but shouldn't we have > some way to say "you absolutely must install the build tool first"? > Wouldn't a static yaml file be the place for that? Have you not seen Adam's recent postings about configure_requires? It's on my agenda to implement this and it seems by far the best solution to this problem to me. And it is not much work. And I'm sure it is not much work for CPANPLUS. Or are you saying you need configure_requires really urgently today? Then I have no better solution than a bundle. Can you name a few modules that really need this now? -- andreas
