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Hi all, 

before we even start implementing EAPI=6 stuff, Perl support will be 
reorganized a little bit. 

TL;DR: No need to do anything. :)

Longer version:
We're going to split all helper functions out of perl-module.eclass into a new 
eclass, perl-functions.eclass. 

* perl-functions will export no phases and keep all global variable meddling 
to a minimum. If you need perl support in a package that has a non-perl build 
system, this is what you may want to use in the future to get some helpers.

* perl-module.eclass will inherit perl-functions, and all things exported by 
perl-functions are explicitly also part of the API of perl-module (documented 
in the eclass), so you dont have to explicitly inherit perl-functions in your 
ebuild as well. perl-module.eclass is the "ready-made solution for CPAN", 
exporting all required phases.

We are only splitting the code into two parts now, but not really changing 
anything. So, because of abovementioned inheritance all ebuilds should just 
keep working as usual. 

Some changes will come later with the introduction of EAPI=6 support. 

(Boring) Patch attached for completeness. 

Cheers, 
Andreas

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Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer 
dilfridge@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/

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