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Re^2: Module::Build::Convert

by nglenn (Beadle)
on Aug 20, 2012 at 17:16 UTC ( [id://988477]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Module::Build::Convert
in thread Module::Build

I hope noone minds a zombie

Module::Build::Convert isn't quite ready, even 6 years after this last post. I ran it for one of my modules and it generate not-quite-valid Perl. That said, it comes very close and hopefully just needs a little patching

I had a very bad experience with EUMM this past week; I wrote a pure Perl application on Windows, and found it wouldn't work on a Mac until the user installed the 4 gigabyte XCode package. I immediately converted my dist to Module::Build and everything worked fine.

I see it as Michael Schwern does, as a needless dependency on an external application. So where do we stand 9 years after the initial posting of this? Will EUMM be marked as deprecated soon? Are there plans to start converting distributions? Should I start submitting patches for every dist I care about to help the authors migrate to Module::Build? As a side note, Module::Install was unusable to me because it requires EUMM to install.

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Re^3: Module::Build::Convert
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 21, 2012 at 07:37 UTC

    I hope noone minds a zombie

    Hi, new questions go in Seekers Of Perl Wisdom, you're replying to anoid who was last here 6 years ago -- Zombies go unnoticed ( see on necromancy (reviving old threads) ).

    So where do we stand 9 years after the initial posting of this?

    Still on top of the world :) Try super search , esp ?node_id=3989;HIT=Build%20MakeMaker;re=N and site:perlmonks.org makemaker-is-doomed

    Will EUMM be marked as deprecated soon?

    Nope

    Are there plans to start converting distributions?

    Nope

    Should I start submitting patches for every dist I care about to help the authors migrate to Module::Build?

    Nope, lots of authors know what they're doing and why they chose EUMM over MB, so you would earn a reputation as some kind of crusader , and maybe get frustrated

    As a side note, Module::Install was unusable to me because it requires EUMM to install.

    Seeing how every perl comes with EUMM, "odd" decision

      Thanks. I think I'm starting to understand that EUMM is good for its universality and is good for simple installations.

      I think M::I can package itself with a distribution, so I may have been too quick to judge it. However, EUMM coming with Perl doesn't matter if your computer doesn't have make, which is why I said I couldn't use it.

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