After talking a little with Ken about it, I've decided that MakeMaker
should shed its auxillary modules.  By this I mean...

ExtUtils::Command
ExtUtils::Install
ExtUtils::Installed
ExtUtils::Manifest
ExtUtils::Packlist

Basically "stuff that Module::Build also uses/could use" or in 
ExtUtils::Command's case just a really useful module for cross-platform
programming.

Those modules are currently undermaintained and far too MakeMaker-centric.
The need to be split out as individual modules and maintained as individual
modules.  Fixed up and cleaned up.  Module::Build should be able to upgrade 
Module::Install without upgrading all of MakeMaker.

I've been wanting to do this for a while but have been avoiding this in the
name of avoinding MakeMaker having any dependencies.  Well the hell with it.
They're pure Perl modules.  If things go so horribly wrong that MM can't
even install a pure Perl module without first upgrading its dependencies
you can always just copy the files.

So.  Who wants em?  Latest versions are available through
http://svn.schwern.org/CPAN/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/


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Michael G Schwern        [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
Do not forget to *enjoy the sauce*!!!

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