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Changes for version 1.54 - 2009-12-08

  • This release could not have happened without Sawyer X.
  • ENHANCEMENTS
    • Added more exclusions. Thanks to Olivier Mengué.
    • [RT #45941] Correcting POD sections for Perl Critic (Sawyer X)
    • [RT #13847] Bail out if load fails, minimum Test::Harness (Sawyer X)
    • [RT #24110] Support for Test::CheckManifest + tests for it (Sawyer X)
    • [RT #22648] Pod::Parser (Pod::Usage) >= 1.21 (Sawyer X) (earliest Backpan version tested to work)
    • [RT #48723] Add metadata to META.yml (Sawyer X) (Patch provided by Olivier Mengué, thank you!)
    • [RT #39397] Add option to create .gitignore (Sawyer X)

Documentation

creates a skeleton module distribution
how Module::Starter plugins work

Modules

a simple starter kit for any module
the code behind the command line program
determine builder metadata
module starter with templates
a simple, comprehensive Module::Starter plugin