On Sun, 28 May 2000 20:59:53 -0400, Matthew Persico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>"Paul Rogers [CE]" wrote:
>>
>> Something I never dreamed would happen...
>>
>> http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Media_Center/News/Press959117519.html
>>
>Does this mean we will FINALLY be able to drop all the PPM crap and just
>invoke the Visual Studio C compile where necessary on ANY CPAN module?
>Ah, the simplicity of
>
> perl Makefile.PL
> make test
> make install
This has always been possible; you just have to spell it "nmake" instead
of "make", but you would already know this if you read the documentation.
>and not having to WAIT for the PPM gods to get around to 'certifying'
>every module.
This isn't really 'certifying', but just adding them to the source
repository, integrating them into the build processes, checking on which
platforms they are operational, making sure the modules pass at least
their own test suites and then building the PPD and PPM files.
I actually find your attitude quite annoying. The packages on PPM are
provided as a *free* service for people who don't own a C compiler and/or
don't want to bother with building the modules themselves. If you don't
like the service, just don't use it. You seem to own a copy of Visual
Studio, just compile everything yourself and you are all set.
-Jan
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