[Module-build-general] ANNOUNCE: Module::Build 0.20 on CPAN

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

Hi,

The uploaded file

     Module-Build-0.20.tar.gz

has entered CPAN as

   file: $CPAN/authors/id/K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-0.20.tar.gz
   size: 81068 bytes
    md5: 0a9e596924b9ef35142d085a5ef80294

It's also on Sourceforge for immediate download.

Changes since 0.19 are below.

  -Ken


0.20  Tue Aug 26 14:34:07 CDT 2003

  - 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.

  - Added a notes() feature, which helps share data transparently
    between the Build.PL and t/*.t scripts.

  - The installation process will now create man(1) and man(3) pages
    from POD in modules & scripts, and install them.  We don't build
    man pages when there's nowhere to install them, such as on some
    Win32 or most Mac systems.  [large patch by Steve Purkis, 5.005 fix
    by Mathieu Arnold]

  - The 'distdir' action now copies files to the distribution
    directory, rather than making them hard links to the original
    files.  This allows authors to do last-minute alterations of the
    files without affecting the originals. [Dave Rolsky]

  - If the author uses XS files in nonstandard locations, the copied
    versions of those files will now be cleaned up properly.

  - In invoking the 'test' action or invoking 'xsubpp', we now use the
    same perl executable as we use everywhere else, rather than blindly
    using $^X or $Config{perlpath} (neither of which are very
    reliable).

  - Fixed a problem with the 'install_path' parameter given to
    'Build.PL' being lost in subsequent actions. [Reported by Mathieu
    Arnold]

  - Fixed yet another bug with installation directories, in which the
    'install_base' parameter wasn't being respected on the command
    line.  [Spotted by Jonathan Swartz]

  - 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.

  - 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 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.

  - Improved comparisons of version strings containing underscore
    characters (indicating "beta" status). [Steve Purkis]

  - Added documentation for the 'dist_author', 'dist_abstract', and
    'codebase' parameters to new(), and for the 'ppd' action. [Dave
    Rolsky]

  - Added documentation for the up_to_date() and contains_pod()
    methods. [Dave Rolsky]

  - 'traditional' pass-through Makefile.PLs will now contain an
    INSTALLDIRS parameter matching the Build.PL's 'installdirs'
    setting.

  - version_from_file() now ignores $VERSION variables that are defined
    in POD or comments.  It can still be tricked by $VERSIONs in string
    literals, though.  [Steve Purkis]

  - The code to find packages in module files now uses Steve's scanning
    method (above) to skip package-declaration-lookalikes in POD or
    comments.

  - The 'disttest' action will now propagate its @INC settings to its
    subprocesses.