Fwd: (WTF?) ExtUtils::MakeMaker not included in recent red-hat perl releases

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 01/24/2012 03:45 PM, Marcela Mašláňová wrote:
> So called "red-hat perl" is popular again on Perl porters. I guess if
> you have any proposals about Perl packaging, now it's the best time to
> say so.
> The main problem is that 'yum install perl' doesn't install whole Perl
> tarball.
It should not. It should install a minmal run-time.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: (WTF?) ExtUtils::MakeMaker not included in recent red-hat perl
> releases
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:39:21 +0100
> From: demerphq<demerphq at gmail.com>
> To: Perl5 Porteros<perl5-porters at perl.org>
> CC: Ricardo SIGNES<perl.p5p at rjbs.manxome.org>
>
> It seems that Red-Hat has decided to release Perl without
> ExtUtils::MakeMaker being included.

EU:MM clearly is a devel tool. People can not expect it to be installed 
by default.

Or differently. People can not expect not having to change their "old" 
habits.

Ralf