The problem was it didn't work.
MANY features in Module::Install simply didn't have Module::Build
implementations and silently didn't work.
It may not have seemed so from the outside, but it was utter junk.
Adding Module::Install syntax to Module::Build is still a worthy goal,
but I'm not sure it should be done inside the scope of M:I...
I'm not beyond re-adding support for Module::Build, but we need to
complete support on the backend FIRST, before I'd consider re-enabling
it at the front-end.
Adam K
Michael G Schwern via RT wrote:
Show quoted text> Mon Mar 17 14:33:31 2008: Request 34167 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by MSCHWERN
> Queue: Module-Install
> Subject: Put Build.PL support back
> Broken in: 0.69
> Severity: Wishlist
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: mschwern@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=34167 >
>
>
> I just read that Build.PL support was dropped. I liked the Build.PL
> support. Two reasons...
>
> 1) It was a way to use Module::Build and offer MakeMaker compatibility
> without losing advanced features in the Makefile.PL.
>
> 2) It allowed one to use Module::Build with Module::Install's
> interface, which people seem to like.
>
> The Build.PL support seemed really thin and simple, could it be brought
> back? DBIx::Class makes use of it.
>
