Re: moving all generated files to $distdir

David Golden <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.module-build
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Eric Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:
> I actually prefer to check-in the MANIFEST because that gives me a diff
> each time it is generated, which catches bugs in MANIFEST.SKIP.
> Otherwise, I guess I would have to somehow review what went into the
> package and that would interrupt my release workflow.  (I know, David
> didn't say anything about MANIFEST, but some people have mentioned
> wanting it in $distdir IIRC.)

I would keep MANIFEST in $src and checked in -- but excluding files
generated solely in $distdir.  (This is what happens today for
SIGNATURE).  That way, it is a sanity check on MANIFEST.SKIP.

-- David
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