Re: [Module-build-general] [idea] readme_from => $file

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

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 10:07  AM, Steve Purkis wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm one of those people who uses pod2text to generate my README files 
> - problem is I keep forgetting to update the README before making a 
> dist, which is a bit annoying when you go to all the effort of 
> updating the pod!
>
> So I thought perhaps this would be a good thing for Module::Build to 
> take on -- entirely optional, of course.  Perhaps another parameter to 
> new():
>
> 	readme_from => $file
>
> If this param existed, your README file would be generated everytime 
> you did:
>
> 	./Build dist
> 	./Build readme
>
> Do other people think that's a good idea?

You're reading my mind!  Earlier this week I committed a patch adding a 
"create_readme" parameter, which uses the file in dist_version_from to 
generate a README using pod2html.  Will you need more flexibility than 
that?

  -Ken