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[Apologies if this is sent double, perl.org was giving me grief]
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 04:28:18PM +0900, Dan Kogai wrote:
> Is this by intention, Schwern?
Yes. Discussion here:
http://archive.develooper.com/makemaker@perl.org/msg00713.html
http://archive.develooper.com/makemaker@perl.org/msg00922.html
META.yml is a general module meta-data format containing basic module
information like the version, prerequisites, etc... so you don't have to
run the Makefile.PL to get this static information. Module::Build is
spearheading it. CPAN and PAUSE are picking up on it. Andreas likes it.
MakeMaker is following as best it can. It appeared in 6.06_03 last month.
I feel it is very important to the health of CPAN to populate it with
module meta-data, and having MakeMaker just do it transparently as part
of 'make dist' is the quickest way to populate CPAN and worth the
Underhanded Magic.
It can be shut off by passing WriteMakefile() the NO_META flag.
The autogenerated META.yml is just dumping data MakeMaker already had
anyway. Name, version, prerequisite modules. Nothing terribly fancy.
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