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1This TODO list is out of date. See http://rt.cpan.org for the real list.
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4Rethink MM_Win32 tests.
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6Investigate one method per make target.
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8Test MM_Any and pull some redundant tests out of MM_*.t
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10Create a way to init MM objects. (XXX What's wrong with MakeMaker->new?)
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12Move instmodsh to utils/ in the core.
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14Handle config files (ie. /etc) and their special PREFIX needs
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17Make sure PDL builds
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19Fix find_perl on Amiga trg@privat.utfors.se
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21Fix appending of .. when DIRS contains directories not immediately
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24Fill in the IMPORTS docs.
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26Remove tar -I Sun-ism from instmodsh.
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28Consider adding a timeout option to prompt() and env variable.
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30Unify VMS->find_perl
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32Consider if VMS->find_perl needs to have pieces put into maybe_command()
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dedf98bc 34Add a MM_Any->init_others() using ExtUtils::Command.
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36Figure out and document the 4th arg to ExtUtils::Install::install()
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38Consider if adding a nativize() routine to replace macify() and
39fixpath() is useful.
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41Eliminate eliminate_macros() from inside FS::VMS->catfile and catdir.
42Make into MM_VMS wrappers.
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44Test ExtUtils::Command::MM
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46Finish ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial
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48Add 'how to install additional files' to ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ.
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50Give typemap location its own macro.
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52Merge MM_VMS->tool_xsubpp
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54Initialize PERL_SRC to '' instead of leaving undef when outside the source
55tree
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57Reinstate HTMLification to use the new HTML Config info.
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59split manifypods target into more generic docifypods target which depends on
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62Add target to generate native Win32 help files (or whatever Win32 likes
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65Add target to generate native VMS help files.
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2530b651 67On VMS, write PM_FILTERs to a temp file and run from there avoiding command
1df8d179 68line lengths. Worth the trouble given the Unixy nature of PM_FILTER?
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70Move oneliner() and friends into a seperate module for general consumption.
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72Make out of date check on 'make dist' more useful
73http://archive.develooper.com/makemaker@perl.org/msg01075.html
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75Make maniadd() return a tied, case-insensitive hash on VMS.