On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 04:56:04PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Oh well. To paraphase (forgive me if i misunderstand), "It ought to > be easy to write something better than Module::Build, and even though > nobody has so far volunteered to propose an actual design, and even > less to write some code, we already have a definite time schedule for > retiring Module::Build." WT...? > > However, whetever thay do, we are certainly able to cope, either just > keeping Module::Build in base or moving it to a port, whatever will be > more convenient when the time comes.
Go read Chromatics blog http://modernperlbooks.com/mt/index.html perl has been schizoid between practicality and moving forward for a few years now. One thing it has going for it is that there are very bright people who understand most of the issues involved, and so I'm not too worried about what's going to happen...
