[pm-h] TMTOWTD Makefile.PL

[Will Willis]

Thanks Todd and Wade for the feedback!!

-Will

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Todd Rinaldo <toddr at cpanel.net> wrote:

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> On Dec 17, 2009, at 7:32 AM, G. Wade Johnson wrote:
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> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:47:39 -0600
> Will Willis <will.willis at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm writing a module. I've written plenty before, tests and all.. but
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> only recently have I started paying attention to Makefile.PL as I
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> consider uploading to the CPAN.
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> While going through a Catalyst book I got some experience with the
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> inc::Module::Install convention. I'm using module-starter to create
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> skeleton modules, which by default uses the ExtUtils::MakeMaker
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> approach to the Makefile.PL
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> My main point of concern is getting the module dependency list
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> included with my distribution, inc::Module::Install's approach is very
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> straight forward, using the requires subroutine. MakeMaker's appears
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> to go into the PREREQ_PM hash ref.
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>
> So as I feel my way through the path of module authoring I've come up
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> with a few questions (and I'm sure more will follow):
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> I'm certainly no expert, but here's the little that I know.
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> 2) What are the pros/cons of using one module over the other?
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> The author of MakeMaker (Schwern) is trying to convince people to stop
> using it.<grin/> As I understand it, one of the big benefits of
> Module::Install is that the installer comes bundled with your module.
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> This has been a major difficulty with getting Module::Build out there.
> Almost everyone already has MakeMaker.
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> I saw schwern re-give this presentation this year. It's amusing after
> you've struggled with the module a while:
> http://schwern.dreamhosters.com/talks/MakeMaker_Is_DOOMED/
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> If you're going with Makefile.PL and you want to max out your makefile,
> you might use mine as an example. I had to hunt through the specs for
> meta.yaml to get it like this. It's less than well documented:
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> http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TODDR/Net-Jabber-Bot-2.1.5/Makefile.PL
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> The sections I found useful but hard to find documentation on were:
> 1. build_requires - modules only required for build
> 2. resources - allows you to re-direct people to other repos for
> bugtracking, mailing list, homepage, etc.
> 3. recommends - It's been a while, but I think this will encourage the
> interactive CPAN installer to install these also before build.
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