Re: [MacPerl] Whither MacPerl?

[Vincent Nonnenmacher <dpi@pobox.oleane.com>]

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>
>Perhaps I was somewhat obtuse. I am refering to the cross-platform-ish-ness
>aspects and cpan module usage. But then again, when it comes to
>cross-platform interoperabilty, the mac is usually the odd man out anyway.
>
>No criticism of the macperl efforts was intended. :-)
>
yes but it also show the 'ecology' of such collaboration and sharing
mechnism used by free software initiatives. When a CPAN module don't work
on a mac it is YOUR responsibality to make it works and signal
modifications to the author for further releases. And not blamming the ones
that actively does the breadbord and fantastic job of making perl working
on your favorite platform.

It is also useless to blem the authors of such module because they don't
have access to a mac. However it is true that sometimes the author didn't
see any interest in making modification for such a 'niche' machine but
there is no solution here other than a making a parralell or better module.

I think that it is already fantastic that so much of CPAN module works just
out of the box even if the absence of an application level 'make' oblige
you sometimes to compile and install the XS stuff yourself.
I don't know if one suggestion would not be to establish somewhere a
'binarie' ready install of thoses specifics perl modules.

More it leave more times for Mathias to work on GUSI 2 ;-)
(No pun intended mathias indeed)

Vincent Nonnenmacher


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