Re: beta 0.91 released

[Chas Owens <alas widomaker com>]

<snip>
> I'm not sure that ActivePerl and Cygwin work nicely with each other -
> besides, you have to compile binary Perl modules using the same
> compiler as Perl itself. Since ActivePerl is built using Visual Studio,
> that's what we need to use to compile Gtk2-Perl with.
>
> The runtime environment will be
>
> ActivePerl 5.8.0
> The Dropline Gtk+ Runtime[1]
</snip>

I poked around the website but could not confirm or deny wether Gnome components
are included in Dropline Gtk+ for Windows.  Do you know if they only package
Gtk+ or if they include Gnome as well?

<snip> 
> The installer will probably be based on the Nullsoft installer. PPM
> packages might also be a Good Thing, but I think that Joe Six-Pack
> probably doesn't care too much about those.
</snip>

Don't underestimate the power of PPM.  I am Joe Six-Pack in the Microsoft world
and that is the only way I have installed any Perl modules.