On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 08:38:17PM -0800, jerry gay wrote: > >> For the moment, disabling configure's manicheck by default would be a > >> good start. > > i don't think manifest checking should be disabled until we have a > replacement solution in place that makes sure the manifest is checked > before every release. fortunately, the solution is simple. updating > release instructions with a procedure to check manifest is sufficient, > and --nomanifest can be enabled on Configure.pl by default.
Except that for someone who downloads a tarball, the default should probably be to check the manifest. Or, perhaps we could use the shiny new Makefile.PL script (chromatic++) to differentiate. Running Configure.pl defaults to --nomanifest, running "perl Makefile.PL" checks the manifest. Pm
