On Apr 17, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
The suggestion people made was to have M::B produce a
'traditional'-style makefile as well. So at least M::B-deprived
systems might have a good go.
My problem with the create_makefile_pl => 'traditional' is that it
doesn't install Module::Build, so we're not making any progress. If
you have a custom build subclass, you might as well put a die in
Makefile.PL.
The passthrough seems much more sane because it actually installs
Module::Build, yet nobody seems to encourage its use. Why?
I am a long-time supporter of M::B, but I consistently choose
create_makefile_pl => 'traditional'. I believe that successful
install for the largest number of users is the most important goal,
not progress. Progress is what 5.10 is for, where M::B will be
bundled. I like 'traditional' because it's the easiest on the end
user for packages that don't really need M::B's extra goodness (that
is: the majority of CPAN modules). It's easier because EU::MM is pre-
installed and older pre-installed CPAN.pm versions interact better
with EU::MM than M::B.
Echoing die into Makefile.PL is like putting the following in your
modules:
die 'Time to upgrade' if $] < 5.008008;
Amusing, but ultimately counter-productive and disrespectful of users
whose needs you may not understand.
Chris
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