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>I don't think there is a single clear story, and that's OK. TMTOWTDI. We can present alternatives and let users decide. I'm afraid I disagree there-- the current situation is mildly confusing to me, and I already know my way around. I think it's one more thing that's at least potentially discouraging to beginners. If we're going to say "TMTOWTDI", then at a minimum, perlnewmod should explain the major ways of doing it along with their pluses and minuses for various circumstances. Currently perlnewmod endorses ExtUtils::MakeMaker for new module authors. Everyone okay with that? See no problems? On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Andy Lester <andy@petdance.com> wrote: > >> On Oct 20, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Joseph Brenner <doomvox@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Just to be clear, I understand that lots of things would work, >> including h2xs and ExtUtils::MakeMaker, I just think there >> should be a single, clear story you can tell to new CPAN >> authors. > > I don't think there is a single clear story, and that's OK. TMTOWTDI. We can present alternatives and let users decide. > > module-starter (which I created long ago but no longer maintain) is a fine choice to create a distribution from scratch. It includes no maintenance features, but it gets the job done simply and with relatively little knowledge necessary. > > Dist::Zilla is extremely powerful with plugins, and I think that's worth presenting as an option as well. > > The only thing I think we should steer folks away from is h2xs, unless they're actually converting .h files to .xs files. > > -- > Andy Lester => www.petdance.com >Thread Previous | Thread Next