in reply to RFC: Continuous Integration (CI) for your CPAN modules (for free!)

Very nice write up. I hope others adopt this style as well. I do have a couple of comments however.

The first is that your travis.yml is very involved and perhaps a simpler example is less daunting up front. For example, this is what i tend to use 

language: perl
before_install:
    - cpanm --notest  Test::Pod Test::Pod::Coverage #other dependencie
+s you have
perl:
  - "5.22"
  - "5.18"
  - "5.14"
  - "5.8"

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Travi-CI tends to allocate 4 workers at a time, so specifying more than 4 Perls will significantly increase the time it takes to complete the entire job. Just something to consider. More here: https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/speeding-up-the-build/, but i have tried none of those examples. I am quite happy with the amount of time it takes, this is a free service after all. :)

The second comment i have regards the adding of badges to POD. I do not recommend this. Instead I recommend adding any and all badges to your Github readme file and specify the Github repository in your distribution's Makefile: 

META_ADD => {
            resources => {
                homepage   => 'https://github.com/user/Foo-Bar,
                repository => 'https://github.com/user/Foo-Bar.git',
            },
        }

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... or your Build file. Consult the docs for more. The reason i say not to put build badges inside your CPAN distros is because they reflect the state of the Github repo, not the distro on CPAN. You can also add a badge to your Github readme file that points to your (already registered) CPAN module. :) 
[![CPAN Version](https://badge.fury.io/pl/Foo-Bar.svg)](https://metacp
+an.org/pod/Foo::Bar)

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jeffa

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Re^2: RFC: Continuous Integration (CI) for your CPAN modules (for free!)
by stevieb (Canon) on Jan 15, 2016 at 19:05 UTC

    Thanks for the feedback jeffa.

    I'll play around with your suggestions over the weekend and update the post if necessary.

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