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On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:44 AM, David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> wrote: > * CPAN.pm has support for auto-detecting an undeclared dependency on > Module::Build and installing it when needed [1] Right now cpanm declares runtime dependencies to Module::Build (so long as you install from CPAN clients, including itself) and doesn't do special treatment to undeclared dependency to M::B like that. Do you think I should change it to not declare M::B as cpanm's own dep but auto-add Module::Build when Build.PL exists but configure_requires isn't properly set? > 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? :-) I'd personally like to see it kept just because it's one less thing to worry about with bootstrapping, but i see the whole argument with configure_requires already supported, etc. I'd love to get the slow tests fixed by then, although p5p isn't the right place to discuss about that. https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/Module-Build/issues/13 -- Tatsuhiko MiyagawaThread Previous | Thread Next