On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > I was sort of being rhetorical.  My point was that Bundles are
>  > semantically different than distributions.  They are equivalent to
>  > stringing a whole bunch of modules or distributions together on the
>  > cpan command line
>
>  I think very few people would ever realize the difference.

Ever notice how Bundle::CPAN lists ExtUtils::CBuilder before Module::Build? [1]

Just because few people ever realize the difference doesn't mean the
difference isn't important.  Bundles DWIM -- so people don't *have* to
realize the difference.

David

[1] Whether it's a good approach the way Module::Build sets features
at install time versus picking up optional modules later is a
separate, debatable issue.

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