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in reply to Module::Build and PM_FILTER

I don't quite get it. You want to migrate away from working code because cool kids do things differently?

I could understand if EU::MM had been deprecated in favour of M::B, but it hasn't been, mostly because EU::MM does its job damn well, and M::B doesn't yet as far as I can tell (depending on your needs of course).

I guess I just prefer stability over coolness. I must have been working at a big company too long :-)

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Re^2: Module::Build and PM_FILTER
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2004 at 15:40 UTC
    It was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Plus, I want to support both, not migrate from one to the other. :-)

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      Why? Majority of CPAN modules are written with MakeMaker
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        For the same reason that I write my modules to deliberately support Perl 5.0.0 and higher - to increase the usability of my work. The majority of CPAN modules are written with "use warnings;" and "our" ... should I follow that if I don't have to?

        Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing.
        Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid.
        Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
        Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.

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