--- AnyEvent/Makefile.PL	2005/04/27 01:27:21	1.2
+++ AnyEvent/Makefile.PL	2009/07/02 23:22:35	1.20
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 
-use 5.006;
+use 5.008; # AnyEvent core seems to work with 5.6
+
+print <<EOF;
+
+***
+*** The EV module is recommended for even better performance, unless you
+*** have to use one of the other adaptors (Event, Glib, Tk, etc.).
+***
+*** This module does not have ANY dependencies, even if it might look
+*** otherwise. If you are building a distribution package or have
+*** difficulties installing this package due to dependencies, report this
+*** to the packager as a bug.
+***
+*** This module is guaranteed to stay pure-perl and still be full-featured
+*** and performant, even without any optionally recommended modules.
+***
+
+EOF
 
 WriteMakefile(
     dist	=> {
@@ -8,7 +25,27 @@
 	            COMPRESS	=> 'gzip -9v',
 	            SUFFIX	=> '.gz',
 	           },
-    NAME => "AnyEvent",
+    test         => { TESTS => "t/*.t t/handle/*.t" },
+    NAME         => "AnyEvent",
     VERSION_FROM => "lib/AnyEvent.pm",
+    META_MERGE => {
+        recommends => {
+           "Net::SSLeay" => 1.33,
+           "JSON"        => 2.09,
+           "JSON::XS"    => 2.2,
+           "EV"          => 3.05,
+           "Guard"       => 1.02,
+        }
+    },
 );
 
+sub MY::postamble {
+   <<EOF;
+
+# set \$VERSION in all modules
+setver:
+	\$(PERL) -pi -e 's/^(\\s*(our\\s*)?\\\$\$VERSION\\s*=\\s*).*\$\$/\$\${1}\$(VERSION);/' \$(TO_INST_PM)
+
+EOF
+}
+