Re: MB on 5.0.5?
On 20 Aug 2007, at 02:01, Ken Williams wrote: I did a binary chop on all the old versions of Data::Dumper I could find. The latest version that builds cleanly on Perl 5.0.5 is 2.09. With that installed Module::Build still has a couple of test failures - but nothing likely to bite me, so I installed it. Is MB intended to work on 5.0.5? If by "5.0.5" you mean something like 5.005_xx, then yes. The current svk passes all tests (for me, at least, on OS X) on 5.005_04, and previous versions do to, except occasionally when something sneaks in and breaks it. If we can identify a specific version of Data::Dumper that we seem to require, then we should add that to the prereqs (or better, identify the problem and work around it). OK, I'll investigate further when I get a moment. -- Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
Re: Autobundling the installer
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
