Re: [PATCH] Makefile: replace perl/Makefile.PL with simple make rules

From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Nov 30, 2017, 21:16 UTC
Message-ID: <20171130211652.GA26607@starla>
In-Reply-To: <20171130205952.GB20640@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, people really do use Git.pm as an external API.

Yikes :<

> If we want to prevent this, then we should not be installing it in the
> public perl module path.  Or we should at least add a note to the
> manpages we ship :) to recommend not using it.

I think a note in manpages is fine; maybe a load-time warning to non-git.git users. We shouldn't be breaking other peoples' code when they upgrade, though.

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