# from Dave Rolsky
# on Friday 11 September 2009 11:03:
>In theory, it sounds good. I do wonder if this would require _always_
>generating the manifest a the same time though.
>
>I do find having the generated files in the regular dir annoying,
> because then I have to tell my VCS to ignore them.
I actually prefer to check-in the MANIFEST because that gives me a diff
each time it is generated, which catches bugs in MANIFEST.SKIP.
Otherwise, I guess I would have to somehow review what went into the
package and that would interrupt my release workflow. (I know, David
didn't say anything about MANIFEST, but some people have mentioned
wanting it in $distdir IIRC.)
There is some friction from META.yml being created in $source
though -- ./Build manifest has to be run with some baggage to get
consistent results (to avoid spurious diffs/commits.)
So it would actually clean that up to have META.yml, README, LICENSE,
and Makefile.PL created in $distdir.
--Eric
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