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Another strike (Score:2)

by Matts (1087)

Frankly the more I read about weird problems with Module::Build the more my gut tells me "Just use ExtUtils::MakeMaker".

What advantage do *you* get by using Module::Build?
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  by chromatic (983)
  
  What advantage do *you* get by using Module::Build?
  
  The fact that he still cares to release software is the advantage.
  Like Ovid, I prefer to use modules with comprehendable documentation, decent APIs, and a hope of maintenance. I've yet to see a single person who's complained about my use of Module::Build take up my offer to let him or her write and maintain parallel MakeMaker code for me.
  I don't support my code on Win32 because it's just too painful to develop there (and likewise, it's been years s
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    by Alias (5735)
    
    You have an offer to let people maintain parallel EUMM for you?
    
    Where's the repository... can I have commit? :)
    - Re:Another strike (Score:1)
      
      by chromatic (983) on 2006.12.02 3:38 (#52031) Homepage Journal
      
      Parrot::Embed's repository [perl.org] is open, but I'm not in charge of commit bits. Be my guest though; I'd love to see Windows working.
      
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