Re: Time for a new Module::Build release manager

On 07/03/2011 19:34, John M. Gamble wrote:
> On 3/7/2011 6:06 AM, Leon Timmermans wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 9:43 PM, David Golden<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Since then, my own use of Module::Build has declined, as much of my
>>> need for it as an author has been replaced by Dist::Zilla toolkit. At
>>> the same time, I've taken on additional responsibilities with P5P,
>>> CPAN PAUSE administration, and other parts of the toolchain.
>>>
>>> Therefore, with the release of 0.3800, I am retiring as Module::Build
>>> release manager. I will continue to contribute occasional patches,
>>> particularly relating to any bugs uncovered in the new CPAN Meta Spec
>>> v2 support added in 0.3800, but do not plan to release any more
>>> tarballs to CPAN, short of a major flaw in 0.3800 requiring an
>>> emergency fix.
>>>
>>> I encourage interested parties to speak up and volunteer to take on
>>> the release manager role.
>> I'm not particularly interested in improving Module::Build. I am very
>> much interested in cannibalizing pieces of its code to make them
>> reusable for the second generation of Build.PL builders, which will
>> hopefully obsolete Module::Build in the future. Depending on your
>> point of view this would make me either the worst or best possible
>> candidate to manage Module::Build. In either case I do not think I
>> would be doing it for more than just a handful of releases though.
>>
>> Leon
>>
>
> Well ... this raises a question. Whither Module::Build?
>
> Is its future simply to be the precursor to Dist::Zilla? Or to be wrapped
> up as a Dist::Zilla::Simple?

AFAIK Dist::Zilla is NOT a substitute to Module::Build (or 
ExtUtils::MakeMaker).

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Alberto Simoes
CCTC-UM / CEHUM