in reply to Re^2: Shipping MANIFEST.SKIP (why do it?)
in thread Shipping MANIFEST.SKIP

Of course?

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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