Re: [Module::Build] Making 0.28 a reality

[Stephen A. <spa...@gm...>]

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> And (as has already been discussed ad nauseam) there is no such thing
> as a way to list a pre-Build.PL/Makefile.PL requirement (except with
> newer tools that read META.yml iff you have YAML installed).
> Though I see a message[*] from Ken that he apparently intends to fix this=
.
> I have no idea how he'd go about this, though.
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It has already been stated that the subset of the YAML specification actual=
ly
needed by Module::Build is quite limited.

Why not write a module (Module::Build::YAML) which is included in the M::B
distribution which supplies all of the YAML functionality required by M::B.
Then there would never again be a system which had M::B but did not have
enough YAML support in order to support its functions?

If people thought this was a good idea (and the solution to some of these
problems), I would be happy to write it. (But it's not so hard, and I imagi=
ne
others could write it too and not have to wait for me.)

Stephen