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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:24:37PM +1100, Stas Bekman wrote:
> Why this is beneficial to the /inc solution:
>
> - it's flexible and not hardcoded, casted in stone, solution
This I agree. However I'd argue for a default INDEX (in case
that the distribution does not come with one) that includes at
least "t/", much like the current default for MANIFEST.SKIP.
Without this, people relying on the indexer not indexing t/
modules may be unpleasantly surprised.
> - currently used hadrcoded solution using /inc is still supported, by
> simply adding /inc to /INDEX (-/inc)
Sure, I can live with that, although I'd still like it to be
in the default. :-)
> - CPAN::MakeMaker only needs to include the bundled files in /INDEX
> and may put them under any dir it feels like.
s/CPAN::MakeMaker/Module::Install/ mentally...
> I don't really care how this special file is to be called, or what the
> inclusion/exclusion syntax is. the point is to have the functionality
> in place.
Same sentiment here.
Although -- is there a common use case for the '+' part of your proposed
INDEX spec? IMHO, a MANIFEST.NOIDX file that has the same regex-driven
syntax as MANIFEST.SKIP will quite suffice:
% cat MANIFEST.NOIDX
^t/
^inc/
^lib/private\b # exclude lib/private/ and lib/private.pm
This has the benefit of reusing the ExtUtils::Manifest parsing routines,
and makes it easier for both carbon- and silicon-based entities.
Thanks,
/Autrijus/