On Mon, 26 May 2008 15:10:00 -0700
Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >There is a long-standing discussion over whether or not Module::Build
> > is a viable installation technique, due to the bootstrapping problem
> > of requiring Module::Build to be installed in the first place before
> > installing your own module.  
> 
> It's no different than requiring Extutils::MakeMaker to be installed, so 
> it's not really a bootstrapping problem as much as one of outdated 
> assumptions, but in either case it seems to be the norm to test with an 
> outdated (they call it "stock" toolchain), so the signal/noise ratio is 
> roughly zero.

This should largely become a non-issue now. 5.10 is the current "stable"
perl, and comes with Module::Build. It's only the older testers on 5.8.8
or below that matter with this now.

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Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

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