* Dave Rolsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [25 Mar 2003 17:16]:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Iain Truskett wrote:

> > I've just released 0.24 of DateTime::Format::Builder.

> Is something missing from the CVS version? There's no Makefile.PL,
> README, or any of that stuff. Kind of makes it hard to test ;)

Depends if you're testing from CVS or from the release file =)

I actually generate all the files other than the ones in CVS. Over the
years I've become fed up with writing most of them, and they all
contained details that were somewhat redundant. So, these days, I type
'docmaker' and everything's produced.

If you like, though, I can include them in the CVS and just re-commit
them on release if they're modified? I'm just generally not a fan
of having generated files in vcs. I could, alternatively, slap
docmaker and cvsparse up somewhere.

> Also, any particular reason you put the pod in its own file? My
> experience with Mason, which used to do this, suggests that
> this leads to lazy developers not updating the docs enough ;)

Flow. On Thursday (or thereabouts) I'll be redoing the
documentation (incorporating any patches anyone decides to send
me). It just won't be following the code and will just be getting
in the way of it. There will also be more examples and with
the length of these things they'll just be obscuring the real
code with no actual benefit.

With 'docmaker' and some other bits, I've been streamlining my
release protocol. With the things they do, it's harder for me to
overlook changes. Given that I tend to update the POD and Changes
simultaneously...

Yes, it'd be nice to have them in one file, but no matter how I
fold, it just doesn't work for me. Sorry.


cheers,
-- 
Iain.

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