[Module-build-general] New beta on SF & CPAN

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

Hey,

There's a new M::B on sourceforge & CPAN, changes since 0.19_04 are:

  - Changed the way the depends_on() method works inside action
    subroutines - now each action will only run once per dispatch()
    invocation (similar to how perl's require() function works).  This
    helps avoid some difficult problems with dependency loops.

  - Separated the 'build' action into two separate actions, 'code' and
    'docs'.  This is similar to MakeMaker's separation of the 'all'
    target into 'pure_all' and 'manifypods'.  This fixes a permissions
    hassle in which doing 'sudo Build install' would often create local
    doc files that needed superuser permissions to delete.

  - Enhanced the 'help' action - 'Build help foo' will now show the POD
    documentation for the 'foo' action.

  - Changed the documentation for the 'autosplit' parameter to give
    reasons why it may not be a good idea to use, but no longer
    threaten to remove it.  [Suggested by Martyn J. Pearce]

  - Improved the formatting of the 'traditional' Makefile.PL generated
    by Module::Build::Compat->create_makefile_pl. [Michael Schwern]

  - The 'traditional' Makefile.PL will now use the 'module_name'
    parameter (as NAME) if it's available, otherwise it will continue
    to use the 'dist_name' (as DISTNAME). [Michael Schwern]

  - Created read/write accessor methods for all our 'properties'.
    [Michael Schwern]

  - The 'test_files' parameter can now be specified using glob() syntax
    (i.e. 't/*.t'), and the corresponding test_files() method is now a
    read/write accessor.

  - The 'builddocs' action from the last beta release has been renamed
    to 'docs'.

  - The location of the 'blib' directory is now a property of the Build
    object - nobody is likely to notice this change, with any luck, but
    it makes the design and code cleaner.

  - The 'disttest' and 'distsign' methods now chdir() back to the
    directory where they started, rather than to the base_dir of the
    build.


  -Ken