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Re: Module::Build design plans

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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
May 22, 2002 09:55
Subject:
Re: Module::Build design plans
Message ID:
20020522165546.GD7147@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:48:29AM -0500, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2002, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > I'm not quite sure I get this one.  What's writing the YAML?
> 
> print $fh Store { version => $version, prereqs => \%prereqs };
> 
> All I meant was that no one will have to use a text editor to generate
> actual YAML.

So we basically still have the moral equivalent of a Makefile.PL, only it's
run by the author before distribution to generate a static data file which
is distributed avoiding the need to run or parse any code or download and
unpack the whole distribution just to get information about the module?


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