On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:48:19AM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: > Clearly the easiest for AS is to simple install Module::Build and its > dependencies before trying to build PPMs.
Agreed. But IIRC it has no non-core dependencies. > >What's the way forward in all this? I don't know. I do know that > >the Module::Build people are working on what I assume will be a separate > >module to parse complex dependency information out of META.yml. We'll > >see how it goes, and if various tools will adopt it. I don't hold my > >breath. > > You hold your breath on it getting written, or getting adopted? It'll get > written, I'm sure. Whether people will adopt it is up to them. Sorry to be unclear. I know they are motivated to get it written. I meant whether it will be adopted. Module::Build already has it's own way to tell about dependencies but afaik no one uses it except CPANPLUS.
