Backwards Compat

MakeMaker is being eased out to pasture.

• Module::Build is being eased in.

CPANPLUS now understands Module::Build.

CPAN.pm is lagging a bit behind.

• There's a patch floating around somewhere.

• You should be using CPANPLUS anyway.

Module::Build::Compat can generate a wrapper Makefile around Module::Build

• So you have both a Makefile.PL and a Build.PL

• 'make test' just calls './Build test' for example

• Doesn't do everything MakeMaker can (thank god) but its enough

Somebody even wrote a Makefile.PL -> Build.PL converter

• Unfortunately I don't remember who that was.