Re: [Module::Build] Asking the unaskable

[Johan V. <jvr...@sq...>]

Ken Williams <ke...@ma...> writes:

> You realize you've walked into a lion's den and asked whether meat
> or eggplant tastes better, right? =)

:-)

> One concrete area where M::B has an advantage is its ability to add
> custom installable components to the mix.  That's tough to do in a
> flexible way with MakeMaker.

My main concern is whether it is sufficiently complete for 'real use'.
But I must say that my Makefile.PL's are ususally quite
straightforward and M::B had improved much since the last time I
looked.

> I'm unfortunately not very well-versed in Module::Install, so I
> probably can't comment too much about it.

As for many modules, there's very little (mostly: nothing) that needs
to be built. It's just a matter of dropping the modules in the right
place. For purposes like this, a simple installer (as opposed to a
builder) would suffice. AFAIK, M::I tries to be just that: an
installer. And, as already noticed, it includes its code in the kit so
it doesn't need any modules pre-installed.

Do you have plans to support something in the style of File::ShareDir?

-- Johan