Re: dependencies with Build.PL files

2010-02-24 Thread Zefram
Eric Wilhelm wrote: >The easy thing would be to remove the Build.PL from ExtUtils::ParseXS, >ExtUtils::CBuilder, etc Euggh. The Build.PL protocol is superior to the Makefile.PL protocol; we should be able to (eventually) not require make(1) at all in the toolchain. Is this just a circular depen

Re: dependencies with Build.PL files

2010-02-23 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from David Golden # on Tuesday 23 February 2010 17:17: >> The easy thing would be to remove the Build.PL from >> ExtUtils::ParseXS, ExtUtils::CBuilder, etc (but only because we have >> comaint on those.) > >We know who the maintainers are and can encourage them.  Test::Harness >is already done.

Re: dependencies with Build.PL files

2010-02-23 Thread David Golden
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > We've run into a Build.PL vs Makefile.PL problem with cpanminus.  The > situation is that if M::B requires anything with a Build.PL file, that > it becomes impossible to bootstrap. We should remove Build.PL from anything that M::B requires.

dependencies with Build.PL files

2010-02-23 Thread Eric Wilhelm
Hi all, We've run into a Build.PL vs Makefile.PL problem with cpanminus. The situation is that if M::B requires anything with a Build.PL file, that it becomes impossible to bootstrap. The easy thing would be to remove the Build.PL from ExtUtils::ParseXS, ExtUtils::CBuilder, etc (but only beca