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On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 11:22:59PM -0000, Paul Marquess wrote:
> From: Jarkko Hietaniemi [mailto:jhi@iki.fi]
>
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:50:16PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:13:01PM -0000, Paul Marquess wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Have we reached the stage where we need to seriously consider
> > including
> > > > Devel::PPPort in the core (with a parallel existence on CPAN)?
> > >
> > > I think so.
> >
> > Fine with me, too. (The name "ppport.h" is also less likely to
> > cause conflicts, me like.)
>
> How does this sound for a plan?
>
> 1. Devel::PPPort
>
> Port Devel::PPPort into the core. The biggest change needed here is to
> get
> Devel::PPPort to install itself, and for it to provide an interface to
> allow h2xs to get a ppport.h file.
>
> 2. h2xs
>
> Get h2xs to add an "#include ppport.h" in the .xs file and use
> Devel::PPPort to generate the ppport.h file.
>
> 3. Bells & Whistles
>
> h2xs could write a section in Makefile.PL to (optionally) check if
> Devel::PPPort is installed. If it is installed and it is newer than the
> version than was used to create the ppport.h file included with the
> module
> it is building, it could automatically upgrade the ppport.h file.
>
> Devel::PPPort could be given the intelligence to check for newer
> versions
> of itself on CPAN.
The plan sounds okay to me. The Bells and Whistles section sounds
a little bit ambitious, though.
> I don't mind doing 1 & 2 above, at least, but I'd prefer to have Kenneth's
> approval to modify his module first. Does anyone know if he is still active
> in the Perl world?
Haven't heard/seen anything for a long long long time. Last I heard
he was working for Palm, but that was also long ... you get the idea.
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