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++ Carl Friedberg www.esb.com The Elias Book of Baseball Records 2013 Edition -----Original Message----- From: David Golden [mailto:xdg@xdg.me] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:45 PM To: p5p Subject: RFC: Deprecating Module::Build I propose deprecating Module::Build from core in 5.19 and removing it in 5.21. My rationale: * Module::Build has been in life-support maintainance for a couple years now (thank you leont for taking up that awful task) * CPAN clients have supported configure_requires to bootstrap a build tool since Perl 5.10.1 almost a decade ago * CPAN.pm has support for auto-detecting an undeclared dependency on Module::Build and installing it when needed [1] While many people still use M::B for their modules, it does not need to be in core for CPAN modules to depend on it. Module::Build can be removed from core and CPAN clients will install it on demand. Given that it is buggy, complex and nearly unmaintained, I don't think the core should implicitly be promising support for it. The fewer modules in core, the less work for core maintainers. (Personally, I hope the development of a Build.PL specification [2] will encourage new, better successors anyway.) If you disagree, now is the time to speak up. Ideally, if you care enough about keeping Module::Build in core, you'll also volunteer to take over active maintenance for it, right? :-) David [1] detection of undeclared M::B dependency was buggy, which implies it hasn't been an issue in years anyway. I've sent a pull request to fix it just in case. [2] https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/cpan-api-buildpl -- David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> Take back your inbox! â http://www.bunchmail.com/ Twitter/IRC: @xdgThread Previous