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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?
  • Re:Another strike (Score:1)

    by chromatic (983) on 2006.12.01 13:30 (#52013) Homepage Journal

    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 since I've received a portability patch from a Win32 user) and I don't write MakeMaker code because life's too short to keep stabbing myself in the face with whatever blunt instrument I can find every time I think about the MY pseudo-parent package.

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    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Alias (5735)

      You have an offer to let people maintain parallel EUMM for you?
      
      Where's the repository... can I have commit? :)
      • Re: (Score:1)

        by chromatic (983)

        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.