Re: rfc: ModPerl::ModuleSetup

Geoffrey Young wrote:
> > Here is Makefile.PL from Apache-Peek, most of which should be moved to
> > that module. I'm talking about functions:
> >
> > satisfy_mp_generation;
> > satisfy_perl_generation;
> > wanted_mp_generation;
>
> the outer functions look ok.  I'd leave satsify_perl_generation for the
> users themselves, at least in it's current state.

Thanks Geoff,

So the remaining issue is where to put this module. As I suggested before it 
shouldn't go into Apache2/ but to the normal @INC. So that Makefile.PL can 
find it without trying to load Apache2, for mod_perl 1.x modules.

Since it'll be distributed with mp2, users who have no mp2 won't have it and I 
think it's fine. So the 3rd party module author can do:

eval { require ModPerl::ModuleSetup }

and if that has failed then the user has only mp1 installed and so should 
Makefile.PL proceed with the build against mp1, otherwise if successful use
satisfy_mp_generation to figure out which version to build against.

We might release it on CPAN too or/and bundle with mp1 as well later on.

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