[guest - Sat Feb 28 06:53:28 2004]:
Show quoted text> [RCLAMP - Tue Jan 13 08:39:48 2004]:
> > [guest - Thu Jan 8 05:54:09 2004]:
> >
> > > passthrough is just a bad idea
> > > (doesn't provide everything a traditional makefile does...)
> >
> > If perhaps you were more specific about the parts you needed supported
>
> Gee, I wonder why Module::Build guys are so insistant on
> forcing their beta module on unsuspecting users.
It's a mechanism for working out the bugs and identifying the bits that are missing that
people actually care about.
Show quoted text> You don't do anything special in Build.PL so there really is
> no reason to force Module::Build onto unsuspecting users.
Sorry, you're mistaken. Because Pod::Coverage has an xs component and the two
distribution layouts for dealing with xs code are incompatible. I've chosen to go with the
Module::Build style of putting the .xs close to the .pm file it relates to so I must use a
passthrough.
Show quoted text> As for the passthrough inadequacies, like I said,
> it doesn't provide "everything" a traditional makefile does.
> When I say everything, I mean everything,
> from TEST_VERBOSE=1 to TEST_FILES="file file file" ....
I'll pass on the comments about the TEST_ flags to the Module::Build list for you.
Show quoted text> traditional works now, and no reason to force users to install
> Module::Build just to install your great module.
I'm afraid I must repeat myself - you're wrong on this. In order to get my module compiled
and installed you have to use Module::Build, so suck it up.
--
Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
