Eric Wilhelm wrote:
# from Ken Williams
# on Friday 17 August 2007 07:28 pm:
If I understand correctly, the problem being solved is "old cpan
client" (and somewhat "standalone tarball usage") Right?
I think the other big one is that authors are often hesitant to take
advantage of new M::B features, or to make an M::B-only distribution,
because it can add extra burdens to their users.
True, though configure_requires should solve that once the cpan client
is upgraded, right?
Some users (eg. non-root newbies) have difficulty doing that. When a
user only cares about using your particular module (which basically just
needs to be put somewhere in PERL5LIB), requiring them to upgrade CPAN/
install M::B is a serious pain for them.
For one real-world example:
http://bioperl.org/pipermail/bioperl-l/2007-August/026230.html
