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From:
Leon Timmermans
Date:
May 23, 2013 23:17
Subject:
Re: RFC: Deprecating Module::Build
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Paul LeoNerd <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:
> Ahh.. Yes; that part starts to feel tricky now.
>
> Does the whole of its dependency tree know quite clearly that it cannot
> use M::B at all then? Is this something that can somehow be enforced,
> or at least smoke-tested on?

A few months ago File::Temp suddenly switched to Module::Build (see
#84531), it broke stuff and was noticed after some time.

> Dependency-creep happens, sometimes in nonobvious ways, that lead to
> cyclic dependencies or other weird breakages - any non-core build
> system feels like it could be much more prone to gaining one of these
> by accident.

This kind of problem is fairly inherent to client-side toolchain
stuff. We have to be leaner on dependencies than other people out of
necessity, not out of choice.

Leon
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