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On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:37 PM, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote: > My one objection to dropping M::B from core -- and it’s a minor one -- is that it becomes more of a PITA for people who don’t use the CPAN toolchain. This forces them to download and install Module::Build -- with all of its dependencies -- just to build and install something they downloaded. Lucy is a good example where this might come up: > > https://metacpan.org/release/Lucy It requires Perl 5.8.3. How did it ever build there before Module::Build was included in 5.10? It probably required some manual effort. It will require some manual effort again. Such distributions may want to explore Module::Build bundling: https://metacpan.org/module/LEONT/Module-Build-0.4005/lib/Module/Build/Bundling.pod David -- David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> Take back your inbox! → http://www.bunchmail.com/ Twitter/IRC: @xdgThread Previous | Thread Next