Howdy!

No, it's not "sweetness and light", but neither is it rude, nasty, or condescending. It is plain speech, cutting directly to the heart of the matter. Mr. Martin's reply reflects very poorly on his character. It was uncalled for, based on the information to hand.

How do you come to your conclusion that we are seeing an abridged form of the correspondence? Are you Mr. Martin?

Maybe this isn't a traditional "meditation", but I'm not sure which other category is a better fit. So long as MakeMaker/CPAN dominate the process the way they do, it behooves module writers to support it. Alternative tools need to make the transition mostly painless.

yours,
Michael

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