Re: Don't mess with the PASTHRU semantics.
Michael G Schwern wrote: Here's my official stance on the whole PASTHRU issue: Don't fuck with it. Not like this, rushing it into 5.8.1. Sure, Tk's happy but its not the only module out there. I haven't had a chance to evaluate other large, complex modules and what effect it will have on them. I haven't had a chance to look through CPAN to see how people are using PASTHRU_* if at all. Leave it be. If it gets rushed into 5.8.1, something's going to break because of it. Its been broken for a long time, it can wait. After 5.8.1 we'll take a stab at fixing it, Steve's problem is not urgent enough to risk breaking other modules. You can always install a new version of MM later, but you can't patch everyone's copy of 5.8.1 if you introduce a new bug. Conservative? Hell yes, but its MakeMaker and its a maintenance release. I'm inclined to agree with this... but then I'm pretty risk averse ;-) -- Alan Burlison --
Re: Don't mess with the PASTHRU semantics.
On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: Leave it be. If it gets rushed into 5.8.1, something's going to break because of it. Its been broken for a long time, it can wait. After 5.8.1 we'll take a stab at fixing it, Steve's problem is not urgent enough to risk breaking other modules. I agree, the right time to try fixing something like this is right *after* a release like 5.8.1, not right before. -Ken
