Re^3: RFC: Portable Alien Library System

I don't agree in the sense that PPM is an established, working system, and producing PPM files needs no PPM code that isn't available already in Module::Build and I guess ExtUtils::MakeMaker. I'm not interested in creating yet another fancy incompatible format and pushing it down users throats, or rather, I'm more under the impression that there won't be users with throats open for this product. I'm not interested in creating a shiny new world order external library packaging factory but more interested in producing working modules that install external libraries via CPAN below Perl, provided that $Config{make} and a working $Config{cc} are available.

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Re^4: RFC: Portable Alien Library System by xdg (Monsignor) on Sep 25, 2006 at 11:20 UTC
I'm not interested in creating yet another fancy incompatible format and pushing it down users throats, or rather, I'm more under the impression that there won't be users with throats open for this product. I'm not interested in creating a shiny new world order I guess this is what it really comes down to. Hey, that's cool. No one is trying to force you to help. We couldn't even if we tried. As tsee echoed, your feedback is appreciated. In time, I hope we can win your support through our code, if not our words. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re^4: RFC: Portable Alien Library System by tsee (Curate) on Sep 25, 2006 at 08:25 UTC
xdg's design really doesn't care whether it's a .ppm+.ppd file or a .par file (for which there is quite a bit of infrastructure, too, by the way) or something entirely different. I mean, let's forget the details of the file format for a bit. It's the easiest problem to solve when it comes to that. Steffen	[reply]