Hi jcb, I use Dist::Zilla for building and releasing distributions. That's what it's for, it's brilliant at it, and it's built and maintained by smart people who release a lot of distros. There's a learning curve. Some people are intimidated by learning curves.

There are a number of ways to manage versioning with dzil. I use a method that does two things.

  1. On build, it takes the version number from the main module and inserts it into all the other modules before building the distribution. So all the other modules get updated to the main one's version as your distro is built.
  2. On release, (after release, actually) the version number in the main module in the source directory is bumped, then the file is committed to git and pushed to origin, and you are ready to start developing the new version.

Here is my dzil config for Dancer2::Logger::LogAny. You are welcome to copy it. Note that in the git repo there are only the files needed for dzil to build the distro, nothing more.

Hope this helps!


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re: Using a Single Point of Truth for $VERSION in a distribution? by 1nickt
in thread Using a Single Point of Truth for $VERSION in a distribution? by jcb

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