[Module-build-general] [ANNOUNCE] 0.18_01 beta released

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

Hey,

I just released a beta of M::B to CPAN and sourceforge.  The relevant 
Changes file excerpt is below.  It's pretty long!  Please download and 
test this beta if you get a chance.  Thanks.

  -Ken




0.19 TODO:

  - Add tests for verifying signatures as well as creating them.  Skip
    signature tests if we're testing noninteractively, or if the user's
    gpg setup isn't right, etc.

  - Get the installation to nonstandard locations figured out and
    working, finally

0.18_01

  - Alternative distribution layouts are now supported via the
    'pm_files', 'pod_files', 'xs_files', 'PL_files', and 'script_files'
    parameters to new().  This should help people transition from
    MakeMaker, and might even help us write an automatic transition
    tool.

  - Added tests to t/runthrough.t that check to see installation is
    happening correctly.

  - Added an 'add_to_cleanup' parameter to new() that calls
    add_to_cleanup() immediately for the given files.

  - Added experimental code to build a .ppd file, in support of
    ActiveState's "Perl Package Manager". [original patch by Dave
    Rolsky]

  - For authors who use Module::Signature to sign their distributions,
    we now create the SIGNATURE file right in the distribution
    directory, rather than creating it in the top-level directory and
    copying it into place.  This solves problems related to having
    files get out of date with respect to their signatures.

  - The distribution directory (e.g. Sample-Module-0.13/ ) will now be
    deleted during the 'clean' or 'realclean' actions.

  - During testing of modules, blib/lib and blib/arch are now added as
    absolute paths, not relative.  This helps tests that load the
    modules at runtime and may change the current working directory
    (like Module::Build itself does during testing).

  - The $Config{cc} entry on some people's systems is something like
    'ccache gcc', so we now split that string using split_like_shell().
    [Richard Clamp]

  - Added documentation for 'extra_linker_flags' parameter, and added a
    corresponding 'extra_compiler_flags' parameter. [original patch by
    Richard Clamp]

  - The pass-through Makefile created by Module::Build::Compat now
    supports MakeMaker options like POLLUTE=1 and INC.  We also just
    warn & skip when we see any unknown MM parameters, rather than
    dying.  [Dave Rolsky]

  - Fixed an error about how @INC and $ENV{PERL5LIB} interact during
    the testing of M::B itself. [jk <bil...@fa...>]

  - The pass-through Makefile doesn't include 'recommended' M::B
    dependencies in the Makefile anymore, since they're not strictly
    necessary.  In particular, this makes installing M::B itself
    easier.

  - A new 'create_makefile_pl' parameter lets you use
    Module::Build::Compat during the 'distdir' (or 'dist') action to
    automatically create a Makefile.PL for compatibility with
    ExtUtils::MakeMaker.  The parameter's value should be one of the
    styles named in the Module::Build::Compat documentation.

  - When compiling C code, we now respect 'pollute' and 'inc'
    parameters. (XXX - needs docs) [Dave Rolsky]

  - Made the creation of the "install map" more generic.  (XXX - needs
    documentation)

  - Fixed a problem in which add_to_cleanup() didn't note cleanup files
    unless create_build_script() had been called already. [Dave Rolsky]

  - During 'Build dist', we no longer have to load each .pm file (via
    Module::Info) to determine the $VERSION numbers inside.  Instead,
    we call our internal version_from_file() method, which is the same
    thing MakeMaker and PAUSE and search.cpan.org do.  Also fixes a
    failure when Module::Info is installed in a nonstandard directory.
    [reported by Teun Burgers]

  - Fixed some failing test code on Windows - open files can't be
    deleted. [Andrew Savage]

  - The Cygwin platform is now treated as a flavor of Unix rather than
    a flavor of Windows. [chocolateboy]

  - We're now more aggressive about adding temporary C compilation
    files (*.c, *.bs) to the cleanup list. [Dave Rolsky]

  - When constructing the list in META.yml of packages provided by this
    distribution, we now use the same rules as the PAUSE scanner does
    when a single .pm file contains multiple VERSIONs.  [Andreas Koenig]

  - check_installed_status() now works as both a class method and an
    object method (and is documented so).  [Spotted by Dave Rolsky]