On Feb 14, 2006, at 12:10 PM, John Peacock wrote:
I would certainly accept a mandatory warning during './Build dist' if there was no Makefile.PL present, but I think that assuming that everyone wants to release to CPAN is grossly inappropriate.
Yes, I was going to make that point too but I forgot. CPAN isn't the whole world.
I personally have released modules to CPAN lacking a Makefile.PL, but mostly because I forgot to add one (and since I now try to use Module::Starter::PBP, that isn't going to happen again). I strongly support any author who wants to include only a Build.PL because they don't care if people who refuse to upgrade their core modules get burned. ;-)
I agree on the personal rights aspect here. =) I'd still recommend that people include a Makefile.PL, but we can't force it. That would just mean people would have to find creative method to break the enforcement if they really know what they're doing.
-Ken
