----- Original Message ---- > From: Ken Williams <kena...@gmail.com> > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Eric Wilhelmwrote: > > > > Isn't that what Ken did some time ago? Ah... 0.31 added > > the "create_license => 1" option, but I guess it didn't get documented. > > > > Oopsie. Yeah. > > create_license => 1, > create_readme => 1, > > and Bob's your uncle.
I only learned about the 'create_readme' option a few days ago when I was browsing the CPAN. I can't speak for most others, but even though I've done some pretty serious things with Module::Build (and I absolutely love it), I'm guessing that my common usage (> 95% of the modules I write) matches everyone else's common usage: writing a simple Build.PL What would be nice if if the main documentation (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Build/lib/Module/Build.pm) had, right at the top, sample Build.PL code in the synopsis. After that, maybe a few "optional" configurations or "recommended" Build.PL files. For example, here's a sample Build.PL that I'm using and the various features are ones that I learned from mailing lists because I get lost in the docs :) use Module::Build; my $builder = Module::Build->new( module_name => 'AI::Logic', license => 'perl', dist_author => 'Curtis "Ovid" Poe <o...@cpan.org>', dist_version_from => 'lib/AI/Logic.pm', build_requires => { 'Test::Most' => 0.21, }, requires => { 'Scalar::Util' => 1.19, }, add_to_cleanup => ['AI-Logic-*'], create_readme => 1, create_makefile_pl => 'traditional', ); $builder->create_build_script(); I suspect, but can't prove, that many potential Module::Build users have the same issues. They just want to know how to write a useful Build.PL. Maybe after that a quick example of how to extend it to, say, set up a test database or some other build action. Then and only then go into the mind-numbing detail about every single bell and whistle that Module::Build provides :) Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6
