in reply to Re: Why Module::Build?
in thread Why Module::Build?

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.

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Re^3: Why Module::Build?
by Anonymous Monk on May 20, 2005 at 10:11 UTC
    So, what's that got to do with anything?
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      Fair enough. I've updated my previous to OT. There had been some heated discussion about the Perl build systems across a couple of threads, and it's gotten to the point where expletives and slightly abusive language has been involved. I guess my point - perhaps expressed incoherently - is that it seems to me that open source works best when the consumers realise that we can't demand features and hector developers. We can discuss ideas, even debate issues, but ultimatey, if something doesn't work as I want and it ain't gonna change, I either try something else or fix it myself if my skill levels are up to it.
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        is that it seems to me that open source works best when the consumers realise that we can't demand features and hector developers
        Maybe in theory, maybe in some other case, but in the case of Module::Build (what this thread is about), consumers can and must demand features and hector these developers, because it is our collective lives they're making difficult immediately, for promise of some benefit that's yet to come.
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