Compress::Zlib::Raw installation failure about zef

[ugexe]

Zef can install things using Build.pm files. Zefs alternative, which is dependency free, is modeled after the hooks implementation found in s22. See the hooks/ directory for examples, but this will likely change again soon with the new CompUnit work (although I imagine it will look much closer to my hooks/ implementation than Build.pm)

That Build.pm has a 'use Panda::Builder' but doesn't list panda as a dependency like it should. On the other hand panda shouldn't require that the class it looks for in Build.pm actually is 'Panda::Builder' because it has no bearing on the result (but forces a depensency on a specific module installer). As such 'use Panda::Builder' can be replaced with 'my class Panda::Builder {}' so it fakes it while still working and without the dependency. Please see point 2 here: http://ugexe.com/5-tips-for-writing-better-perl6-modules

[ugexe]

This issue is resolved, although there is still an issue. Shell::Command appears to fail to install on windows which is a build dependency of Compress::Zlib::Raw. However, the single call to cp used in the Build.pm file could be replaced with a copy() and a line or two of logic, removing Shell::Command as a dependency all together.

[azawawi]

Thanks 👍