Re^2: Shipping MANIFEST.SKIP (why do it?)

Sure, shipping anything is the author's (or packager's) choice. The question was more: is there any situation in which shipping it is beneficial?

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Re^3: Shipping MANIFEST.SKIP (why do it?) by Anonymous Monk on Jan 11, 2020 at 12:04 UTC
Of course? ... `# ^MANIFEST\.SKIP - needed for module::signature # Avoid archives of this distribution \bAlien-zlib-Static-[\d\.\_]+ \b_share\/.* \b\..*\.swp$ \.releaserc \.lwpcookies \.travis\.yml \.appveyor\.yml` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Shipping MANIFEST.SKIP (why do it?)
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 11, 2020 at 12:04 UTC

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# ^MANIFEST\.SKIP - needed for module::signature
 
# Avoid archives of this distribution
\bAlien-zlib-Static-[\d\.\_]+
 
\b_share\/.*
\b\..*\.swp$


\.releaserc
\.lwpcookies
\.travis\.yml
\.appveyor\.yml
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