# from chromatic # on Monday 22 October 2007 10:15: >On Monday 22 October 2007 09:50:42 Eric Wilhelm wrote: >> I'm not going to include a >> redundant Makefile.PL just to support people who don't upgrade their >> tools. It's no different than not supporting perl 5.005. > >Normally I'm all for that, but the core installation toolchain is a > bit different from other prerequisites. I don't expect that a novice > installing Perl modules for the first time is going to find the "Oh, > but first install Module::Build" instructions particularly clear,
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2007/10/msg688382.html Rock: I believe the automagic Makefile.PL bug is only in CPANPLUS. Unfortunately, even the current version seems to still have it. Hard place: The (old) CPAN.pm default was to prefer Makefile.PL over Build.PL. Thus, for the novice, *not* including Makefile.PL is probably the best bet (short of not using Module::Build.) Also, given configure_requires, all they need to know is to upgrade CPAN.pm first. --Eric -- As an old bass player friend of mine used to say: throw money, don't clap. --Tony Parisi --------------------------------------------------- http://scratchcomputing.com ---------------------------------------------------
