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Almost no tests, thus rather buggy distribution.
SamuraiJack - 2010-01-19 08:29:36
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I've used, I think, all of the various packages there are for producing a package to upload to CPAN. None of them can hold a candle to Dist::Zilla. I will be switching all my current and future modules to use Dist::Zilla.
In addition, I had a problem with trying to exclude some files from my package. I didn't know if it was a bug or just me being a noob with Dist::Zilla. I posted to the mailing list, and Ricardo and I went back and forth a bit and discovered it was a bug. And that very same day he released a new version that fixed the problem. Absolutely amazing.
If there were anything to ding about this module it's simply that the plugins don't provide much in the way of documentation. Not that they need a lot, but they could use a bit more than they have. That's probably something users of Dist::Zilla (like myself) could easily contribute.
Overall, Dist::Zilla is an amazing package, and should be used by everybody going forward.
JT Smith - 2009-12-14 11:37:07
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As a beginner CPAN author, I was worried about not getting the distribution building right: Makefiles, META.yaml, Manifest, Manifest.SKIP, tarring, uploading, license, etc. Thank god I found this module. Just copied the dist.ini from the synopsis, fiddled with it a litte bit, ran dzil test, dzil build, dzil release and I was done. It doesn't get any easier than this.
Bruno - 2009-09-14 10:51:08
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The easiest way I found to streamline my CPAN releases.
It takes care of most of the work out-of-the-box, and the extensible architecture allows further tweaks like SCM integration (tagging the release).
Excellent!
Pedro Melo - 2009-05-09 06:55:10
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