Re^7: How to create and name module tarball for CPAN

If nothing is required on the end-user (not the module author) in order to contribute, there is absolutely no harm in using whatever system!

People are used to basic git commands now, and if I where to contribute to Foo::Bar, my routine would do:

$ git clone https://url/to/Foo-Bar Foo-Bar-git
$ cd Foo-Bar-git
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make
$ make test
$ make install
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I start cursing when there is no Makefile.PL but instead there is a Build.PL as I really, just like Hugo, hate it. But at least it does not require me to install anything else, as Module::Build is part of the core. There must be realy good reasons to choose it over ExtUtils::MakeMaker. But tastes differ.

On the other hand, systems liek dzil and others make it impossible to start working on a git checkout, as there is neither and the poor end-user is expected to install a truckload of modules and plugins that they are unlikely to ever use again.

So, if Minilla does not exactly what I describe (of course *not* choosing Module::Build), then I see no disadvantages in using it as a developer.

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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Re^8: How to create and name module tarball for CPAN by SankoR (Prior) on Nov 28, 2023 at 20:52 UTC
Yeah, what you're describing is exactly how Minilla works. `minil new -p ExtUtilsMakeMaker Acme::Random::Perlmonks::Example` ...results in what you'd find here: https://github.com/sanko/Acme-Random-Perlmonks-Example. The repo can be installed by cloning it and running the `Makefile.PL` as you would or with cpanminus like this: `cpanm https://github.com/sanko/Acme-Random-Perlmonks-Example.git` All without requiring end users or co-devs to install or even think about Minilla. It generates complete, ready to go boilerplate and gets out of the way. After a full decade of development, it really does deserve broader use but it's largely ignored or simply unknown by the people in the best positions to steer new eyes towards it which is why I can't mention it often enough. It's a great tool.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^8: How to create and name module tarball for CPAN
by SankoR (Prior) on Nov 28, 2023 at 20:52 UTC

minil new -p ExtUtilsMakeMaker Acme::Random::Perlmonks::Example

...results in what you'd find here: https://github.com/sanko/Acme-Random-Perlmonks-Example. The repo can be installed by cloning it and running the Makefile.PL as you would or with cpanminus like this:

cpanm https://github.com/sanko/Acme-Random-Perlmonks-Example.git

All without requiring end users or co-devs to install or even think about Minilla. It generates complete, ready to go boilerplate and gets out of the way.

After a full decade of development, it really does deserve broader use but it's largely ignored or simply unknown by the people in the best positions to steer new eyes towards it which is why I can't mention it often enough. It's a great tool.

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