Michael G Schwern wrote in perl.makemaker : > > Because MakeMaker acts a little differently now when building core modules as > opposed to CPAN modules, the big change necessary for dropping MakeMaker > 6.12 into 5.6.2 would be to run your Makefile.PLs with PERL_CORE=1. > That requires altering ext/util/make_ext, configure.com, NetWare/Makefile, > os2/Makefile.SHs and win32/buildext.pl so that when they run a Makefile.PL > they remember to pass in PERL_CORE=1.
I can make the latest MakeMaker work into 5.6.2, with your suggested changes, but it also implies a few changes to the testing infrastructure (t/TEST) because of the modern test suite. Also, it comes with Test::More (because its test suite use it), so if I'm going to upgrade MakeMaker into 5.6.2, why not borgify Test::More and its friends as well ? But this sounds like a big change for a release that I pictured fast and minimal. So I wanted to hear the opinion of the experts : should I upgrade MakeMaker in 5.6.2 ? What are the potential drawbacks and incompatibilities ? are they worth the potential gain ?
