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<URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69318 > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Michael G Schwern via RT <bug-ExtUtils-MakeMaker@rt.cpan.org> wrote: > You're absolutely correct that CBuilder will not be able to do things > MakeMaker can. And vice versa. I imagine plotting CBuilder and MakeMaker's > respective strengths/weaknesses/bugs would make an interesting Venn diagram. > Building that diagram isn't necessary right now, but it will be very necessary > later. > > Now, if I'm wrong and CBuilder fundamentally can't do what MakeMaker does, > apples and oranges, that's a different matter and should be brought to > immediately. EU::CB is barely maintained within its current limited featureset. There's no reason it can't be extended, but the right people with the right knowledge (e.g. a Windows linking expert would be most welcome to clean up the mess we have right now) have to be available. LeonThread Previous | Thread Next