Re: Dual-Build Modules (What to do if both Makefile.PL and Build.PL exist)
Hi Gregor:
Thanks for your consideration.
You are correct that the only compelling reason to switch /away/ from
the current setup is a bug in Module::Build::Compat. But at the same
time, I think that if there is nothing real opposing the change, then
we should do it, because ExtUtils::MakeMaker is deprecated anyway.
I think that it's worth further investigation. So far all we have
opposing the change is Joey Hess' argument that it might break some
modules, which is logical but not proven.
Is that the current state of this discussion?
Cheers,
Jonathan
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:45 AM, gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 May 2009 09:46:25 -0400, Jonathan Yu wrote:
>
>> Because ExtUtils::MakeMaker goes way back in Perl (it's really really
>> really old stuff), pretty much every installation of Perl will also
>> have EUMM. On the other hand, this is not so with M::B.
> [..]
>> * Have only a Build.PL. If Module::Build isn't installed then the
>> module will break completely.
>
> That's not an issue in debian since M::B is included in perl-modules
> since 5.10 (which is shipped in lenny). (And for perl < 5.10 packages
> can still build-depend on libmidules-build-perl.)
>
>> What we might be able to do is use Ryan's idea in the interim -
>> providing an environment variable to do that stuff. In that case, the
>> pkg-perl team could do a trial run using that (or simply patch
>> debhelper locally for our machines) and see if we ever come across a
>> module that breaks due to that. If we try it for a few months with no
>> breakages then I think we have a much better argument to submit
>> upstream to Joey et al.
>
> Using a locally patched debhelper for creating packages that are
> uploaded to the debian archive doesn't sound like a good idea :)
>
>
> JFTR: I'm not opposed to the switch in general, it's just don't I
> don't see practical advantages for us yet.
>
>
> Cheers,
> gregor
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