g77 was brought up in the past, but it just fell off the todo list. Alias is the Strawberry pumpking right now -- as soon as he gets newly refactored build tools updated on CPAN and documented, it should be easy to patch in g77.

I believe all the code is in Alias' open repository -- so contributing should be easy: http://svn.ali.as/cpan/trunk/Perl-Dist/

PPM is more of a philosophical issue, I think. The version of PPM on CPAN is way out of date, I believe. Also, since much of the impetus for Vanilla and Strawberry in the first place was frustrations with the limitations of PPM, it hasn't been a priority for any of the developers. For a recent view, see Alias' post on use.perl.org, ActivePerl PPM repository design flaw goes critical.

I also want to add that syphilis has provided excellent feedback and suggestions throughout our work on Vanilla and Strawberry. I heartily welcome it and appreciate his continued interest!

-xdg

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