Re: adding META.yml "provides" with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:44 PM Alceu R. de Freitas Jr. via
cpan-testers-discuss <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking for to add "provides" information to META.yml from Archive::Tar::Wrapper distribution, but without requiring Module::Build as a requirement.
>
> I did basically a hack to ExtUtils::MakeMaker in order to do that, more details at https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/issues/212
>
> I'm not sure how reliable this would be, what do you think about it?

I've asked the same four years ago!
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28924787/how-to-populate-provides-field-in-meta-files-using-extutilsmakemaker

Seems like not much improved since then. You could either use your
hack or just not bother :D
--
Michiel