[Module-build-general] Re: [PATCH] Better Makefile.PLs. Property methods.

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 04:54  PM, Michael G Schwern wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 10:58:47AM -0500, Ken Williams wrote:
>>
>> I don't actually understand the precise semantics of NAME & DISTNAME 
>> in
>> MakeMaker - the docs say that DISTNAME defaults to NAME, but it's
>> actually adapted with at least s/::/-/ translation.  It also says that
>> NAME will default to "the directory name", but doesn't say which
>> directory.
>
> Neither do I, which means its best not to tempt fate.
>
> How about use NAME if module_name exists and DISTNAME if it doesn't?

Sounds good to me - applied.

  -Ken