Is it really trully burgers? Then your direction is clear?

I dont think minilla is burgers, being tied heavily to git can't be the equivalent of module-starter

$ minil  new MyMinilTest
The "git" executable has not been found.
[download]

Yeah, thats baggage

But learning to use these (takes about as long as reading their pod) doesn't really help you learn to use Dist::Zilla when you want to dig deeper.

Then its not burgers.

Burgers would hook you through the convenience of module-starter. Let you use some magic without having to learn anything about it. But as soon as you want to learn it would hand hold you all the way to the frycook/butcher/farmer/doctor/mechanic

I can't really parse most of your post, but I think my recent updates to the Starter bundle (and particularly its documentation) may be helpful.

I can't really parse most of your post,

Its not hard. Just read the previous burgers post -- threads are like that, you read the root post to understand the replies.

Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Starter could never be a module-starter replacement. Its raw dzil for dzil sake. Its not for beginners.