2008/9/29 Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Rather than a brute force "bundle your dependencies" there is now
> configure_requires. You can set configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' =>
> X.YY } in your Build.PL and an up-to-date CPAN shell will do the right thing.
> We've pressed hard to make sure all the build tools honor configure_requires.
> The CPAN shell has done it for a year now. CPANPLUS is still working on
> getting a stable release out, so if you want to help, help with that.
> Otherwise I don't want to hear about it.
As far as I'm concerned, configure_requires doesn't exist until
there's prod release of both CPAN.pm and CPANPLUS that support it.
Once there is, THEN we can draw a line under it, call it done, and
start recommending the use of Module::Build again.
Adam K
