On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 9:00 PM Pete Houston <p...@openstrike.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > I am considering writing and releasing a module to implement a > backwards-compatible filter just like the idea proposed by schwern at > https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=60348 > > The dilemma is what to call it. My initial thought was something > like ExtUtils::MakeMaker::BackCompat which, if somewhat on the verbose > side, is at least descriptive. > > My question really is do you think that such a wrapper module should > live under the ExtUtils::MakeMaker namespace without being bundled with > it? Is that: > > a) a great idea > b) a terrible idea > c) meh ... > > I welcome other suggestions of course and will pop this on PrePAN as > well. > > Thanks for reading, > > Pete Houston
It sounds like a terrible idea. Most of all I'm not sure what problem that would solve. Writing Makefile.PL by hand is painful, that's why most people (who aren't experts) use tools like Dist::Zilla nowadays. Leon
