Re: Wrapper for backwards compatibility

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 9:00 PM Pete Houston <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am considering writing and releasing a module to implement a
> backwards-compatible filter just like the idea proposed by schwern at
> https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=60348
>
> The dilemma is what to call it. My initial thought was something
> like ExtUtils::MakeMaker::BackCompat which, if somewhat on the verbose
> side, is at least descriptive.
>
> My question really is do you think that such a wrapper module should
> live under the ExtUtils::MakeMaker namespace without being bundled with
> it? Is that:
>
>         a) a great idea
>         b) a terrible idea
>         c) meh ...
>
> I welcome other suggestions of course and will pop this on PrePAN as
> well.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Pete Houston

It sounds like a terrible idea. Most of all I'm not sure what problem
that would solve.

Writing Makefile.PL by hand is painful, that's why most people (who
aren't experts) use tools like Dist::Zilla nowadays.

Leon