What would be a best practice for someone like myself who wants to roll distros on both linux and win32?

I was surprised that Writing Solid CPAN Modules doesn't offer any advice to CPAN authors on this topic, so I need to update it.

I've always assumed that if the text files (e.g. .pl and .pm files) in your uploaded CPAN tarball are Unix LF-terminated, they'll work fine on all modern Perl platforms (including Windows and MacOS). But I couldn't find a definitive reference on this topic ... so if anyone knows of any cool references on this topic, please let us know.

Update: I've made a minor tweak to the Mechanics of Creating a New CPAN Module section at Writing Solid CPAN Modules, shown below.

Mechanics of Creating a New CPAN Module

Start with: Re: What do I use to release a module to CPAN for the first time? by davido.

Note: if performing point 2 (Generate your distribution framework) from davido's reference by hand (rather than using Module::Starter):

• Ensure the text files in your distribution are Unix LF-terminated (not Windows CRLF-terminated).
• If packaging commands, use #!/usr/bin/perl as their first line, which gets rewritten to point to the correct perl by the installer, as noted by ikegami here.

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