As a consumer, I have to rely on the good will of the Open Source developers. I'm grateful for the efforts they make, and if they don't do what I want, I can ask them nicely, but if they're not amenable to my suggestions I either have to fix it myself or resign myself to the status quo.

For instance, I'd love a complete XML schema validator in Perl. Sam Treagar has written XML::Schema::Valiator that deals with many schemas but now all, and I;ve found XML::Xerces to be hard work. But I still manage to do 99% of what I need to do using Perl

So, I almost never bitch about Open Source solutions. The people who have generously donated their time and effort to Perl, Linux, Apache etc. have enabled me to earn my crust, and I applaud them.

In reply to OT: Why Module::Build? by astroboy
in thread Why Module::Build? by Ovid

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