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From:
Leon Timmermans
Date:
May 23, 2013 17:39
Subject:
Re: RFC: Deprecating Module::Build
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Paul LeoNerd <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:
>> I propose deprecating Module::Build from core in 5.19 and removing it
>> in 5.21.
>
> Just one small question:
>
> If it isn't core, does it still build OK from CPAN using whatever build
> systems remain in core? Or does it suffer any bootstrapping issues?

It already has to be capable of bootstrapping from 5.8, so yes that's
already covered. All its dependencies use ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

Leon
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