When I tried to install Acme::Lingua::Pirate::Perl recently, I discovered that it did not contain the traditional Makefile.PL needed by CPAN. After writing Earle Martin to request compliance with most of the Perl world, here's the response I got: 
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:38:39AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> Your code is not installable from CPAN.pm, which is still the primar
+y
> means of CPAN installation for the majority of Perl users.

See this?  --> .

That's the smallest violin in the world, and I'm playing it just for y
+ou.

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I suggest you email him at http://downlode.org/email.html and let him know politely that it's not just me who wants CPAN.pm compatibility, and also that this was a non-responsive answer.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

janitored by ybiC: tweaked E.Martin email address from mailto: link to URL of his 'mailto" web page.

In reply to Acme::Lingua::Pirate::Perl author needs encouragement to add Makefile.PL by merlyn

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