Comparison of Perl Build Systems

Doug Bell

Bank of America

Double Cluepon Software
Points of Comparison
- Build a Perl module
- Build an XS module
- Build a native library
- Install dependencies
- Run tests
- Work with CPAN
An Example Project
```
$ cd Term-FormatColumns
$ find
./lib
./lib/Term
./lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
./t
./t/00_compile.t
./t/format.t
```
- Depends on Term::ReadKey, Sub::Exporter, and List::MoreUtils
- Tests depend on Test::Compile
- Github at http://github.com/preaction/Term-FormatColumns
Module::Build
- Recommended for new projects
- Pure Perl
- Easy to use
- Easy to extend

Build.PL

use Module::Build;
my $build = Module::Build->new(
    module_name => 'Term::FormatColumns',
    requires    => {
        "List::MoreUtils" => "0.33",
        "Sub::Exporter"   => "0.984",
        "Term::ReadKey"   => "2.30",
    },
    build_requires => {
        "Test::Compile"   => 0,
    },
);
$build->create_build_script;

Build.PL for distribution

use Module::Build;
my $build = Module::Build->new(
    module_name   => 'Term::FormatColumns',
    dist_name     => 'Term-FormatColumns',
    dist_abstract => "Format lists of data into columns",
    dist_version  => '0.004',
    dist_author   => [
        "Doug Bell <preaction\@cpan.org>",
    ],
    license       => "perl",
    requires      => {
        "List::MoreUtils" => "0.33",
        "Sub::Exporter"   => "0.984",
        "Term::ReadKey"   => "2.30",
    },
    build_requires => {
        "Test::Compile" => 0,
    },
);
$build->create_build_script;

Building with Module::Build

$ perl Build.PL
No options loaded
Created MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Term-FormatColumns' version '0.004'

$ ./Build installdeps
No options loaded
All prerequisites satisfied

$ ./Build test
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.03 sys +  0.06 cusr  0.20 csys =  0.31 CPU)
Result: PASS

$ ./Build install
No options loaded
Building Term-FormatColumns
Installing /home/nbkyslo/perl5/lib/perl5/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Installing /home/nbkyslo/perl5/man/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3

Distributing with Module::Build

$ ./Build manifest
No options loaded
File 'MANIFEST.SKIP' does not exist: Creating a temporary 'MANIFEST.SKIP'
Added to MANIFEST: Build.PL
Added to MANIFEST: lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Added to MANIFEST: MANIFEST
Added to MANIFEST: META.yml
Added to MANIFEST: t/00_compile.t
Added to MANIFEST: t/format.t

$ ./Build dist
No options loaded
Module::Build was not found in configure_requires! Adding it now
automatically as: configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' => 0.40 }
Created META.yml and META.json
Creating Term-FormatColumns-0.004
Creating Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar.gz

Module::Install
- Solves the build system deployment problem
- Uses Make
- Easy to use
- Easy to extend
- Does some questionable things

Makefile.PL - Module::Install

use inc::Module::Install;
name 'Term-FormatColumns';
version '0.004';
requires 'List::MoreUtils' => '0.33';
requires 'Sub::Exporter'   => '0.984';
requires 'Term::ReadKey'   => '2.30';
test_requires 'Test::Compile';
auto_install;
WriteAll;

Makefile.PL (for dist) - Module::Install

use inc::Module::Install;
name 'Term-FormatColumns';
# all_from 'lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm';
version '0.004';
author 'Doug Bell <preaction\@cpan.com>';
abstract 'Format lists of data into columns';
license 'perl';
requires 'List::MoreUtils' => '0.33';
requires 'Sub::Exporter'   => '0.984';
requires 'Term::ReadKey'   => '2.30';
test_requires 'Test::Compile';
auto_install;
WriteAll;

Building with Module::Install

$ perl Makefile.PL
include /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/inc/Module/Install.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Base.pm
include inc/Module/Install/AutoInstall.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Include.pm
include inc/Module/AutoInstall.pm
*** Module::AutoInstall version 1.04
*** Checking for Perl dependencies...
[Core Features]
- Test::Compile   ...loaded. (0.22)
- List::MoreUtils ...loaded. (0.33 >= 0.33)
- Sub::Exporter   ...loaded. (0.984 >= 0.984)
- Term::ReadKey   ...loaded. (2.30 >= 2.30)
*** Module::AutoInstall configuration finished.
include inc/Module/Install/Makefile.pm
include inc/Module/Install/WriteAll.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Win32.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Can.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Fetch.pm
Prototype mismatch: sub main::prompt: none vs ($;$) at /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/5.14.2/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 219.
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Writing META.yml
No license specified, setting license = 'unknown'

Building with Module::Install (2)

$ make test install
cp lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm blib/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/Term-FormatColumns-0.005'
cp lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm ../blib/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Manifying ../blib/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/Term-FormatColumns-0.005'
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'inc', 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/00_compile.t t/format.t
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr  0.07 sys +  0.06 cusr  0.21 csys =  0.35 CPU)
Result: PASS
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/Term-FormatColumns-0.005'
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '../blib/lib', '../blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr  0.06 sys +  0.06 cusr  0.22 csys =  0.37 CPU)
Result: PASS
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/Term-FormatColumns-0.005'
/usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-Iinc" "-Iblib/arch" "-Iinc" "-Iblib/lib" Install.PL Install
include /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/inc/Module/Install.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Base.pm
include inc/Module/Install/AutoInstall.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Include.pm
include inc/Module/AutoInstall.pm
*** Module::AutoInstall version 1.04
*** Checking for Perl dependencies...
[Core Features]
- Test::Compile   ...loaded. (0.22)
- List::MoreUtils ...loaded. (0.33 >= 0.33)
- Sub::Exporter   ...loaded. (0.984 >= 0.984)
- Term::ReadKey   ...loaded. (2.30 >= 2.30)
*** Module::AutoInstall configuration finished.
include inc/Module/Install/Makefile.pm
include inc/Module/Install/WriteAll.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Win32.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Can.pm
include inc/Module/Install/Fetch.pm
Prototype mismatch: sub main::prompt: none vs ($;$) at /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/lib/5.14.2/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 219.
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Writing META.yml
No license specified, setting license = 'unknown'
Appending installation info to /home/nbkyslo/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux/perllocal.pod

Distributing with Module::Install

$ make manifest
/usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-Iinc" "-MExtUtils::Manifest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/AutoInstall.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/AutoInstall.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Base.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Can.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Fetch.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Include.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Makefile.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/Win32.pm
Added to MANIFEST: inc/Module/Install/WriteAll.pm
Added to MANIFEST: lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Added to MANIFEST: Makefile.PL
Added to MANIFEST: MANIFEST
Added to MANIFEST: META.json
Added to MANIFEST: META.yml
Added to MANIFEST: t/00_compile.t
Added to MANIFEST: t/format.t

Distributing with Module::Install (2)

$ make dist
rm -rf Term-FormatColumns-0.004
/usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-Iinc" "-MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread" \
        -e "manicopy(maniread(),'Term-FormatColumns-0.004', 'best');"
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/Term
/usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-Iinc" -I. "-MModule::Install::Admin" -e "dist_preop(q(Term-FormatColumns-0.004))"
tar cvf Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar Term-FormatColumns-0.004
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/AutoInstall.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Makefile.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Include.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Metadata.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/WriteAll.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Win32.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Fetch.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Base.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/Install/Can.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/inc/Module/AutoInstall.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t/format.t
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t/00_compile.t
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/MANIFEST
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/META.yml
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/META.json
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/Term/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/Makefile.PL
rm -rf Term-FormatColumns-0.004
gzip --best Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar

Module::Install - Teach the Controversy
- Version in dist is frozen
- Bugfix in Module::Install means every dist using it must be re-released
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
- The venerable workhorse
- Uses Make

Makefile.PL - ExtUtils::MakeMaker

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
WriteMakefile(
    NAME        => 'Term-FormatColumns',
    VERSION     => '0.004',
    PREREQ_PM   => {
        "List::MoreUtils" => '0.33',
        "Sub::Exporter"   => '0.984',
        "Term::ReadKey"   => '2.30',
    },
    BUILD_REQUIRES => {
        'Test::Compile'   => 0,
    },
);

Makefile.PL (for distribution) - ExtUtils::MakeMaker

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
WriteMakefile(
    NAME        => 'Term-FormatColumns',
    VERSION     => '0.004',
    ABSTRACT    => 'Format lists of data into columns',
    AUTHOR      => 'Doug Bell <doug.bell@baml.com>',
    PREREQ_PM   => {
        "List::MoreUtils" => '0.33',
        "Sub::Exporter"   => '0.984',
        "Term::ReadKey"   => '2.30',
    },
    BUILD_REQUIRES => {
        'Test::Compile'   => 0,
    },
);

Building with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

$ perl Makefile.PL
Writing Makefile for Term-FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json

$ make
cp lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm blib/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3

$ make test install
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.06 sys +  0.06 cusr  0.20 csys =  0.34 CPU)
Result: PASS
Appending installation info to /home/nbkyslo/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux/perllocal.pod

Distributing with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

$ make manifest
/usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Manifest=mkmanifest" -e mkmanifest
Added to MANIFEST: lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Added to MANIFEST: Makefile.PL
Added to MANIFEST: MANIFEST
Added to MANIFEST: META.json
Added to MANIFEST: META.yml
Added to MANIFEST: t/00_compile.t
Added to MANIFEST: t/format.t

$ make dist
rm -rf Term-FormatColumns-0.004
/usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread" \
        -e "manicopy(maniread(),'Term-FormatColumns-0.004', 'best');"
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/Term
mkdir Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t
Generating META.yml
Generating META.json
tar cvf Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar Term-FormatColumns-0.004
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/Term/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t/
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t/format.t
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/t/00_compile.t
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/MANIFEST
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/META.yml
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/META.json
Term-FormatColumns-0.004/Makefile.PL
rm -rf Term-FormatColumns-0.004
gzip --best Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar

ExtUtils::MakeMaker in the wild

# NEVER DO THIS
$ h2xs -X My::Module
Defaulting to backwards compatibility with perl 5.14.2
If you intend this module to be compatible with earlier perl versions, please
specify a minimum perl version with the -b option.

Writing My-Module/lib/My/Module.pm
Writing My-Module/Makefile.PL
Writing My-Module/README
Writing My-Module/t/My-Module.t
Writing My-Module/Changes
Writing My-Module/MANIFEST

A More Common Makefile.PL

use 5.014002;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
# See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence
# the contents of the Makefile that is written.
WriteMakefile(
    NAME              => 'My::Module',
    VERSION_FROM      => 'lib/My/Module.pm', # finds $VERSION
    PREREQ_PM         => {}, # e.g., Module::Name => 1.1
    ($] >= 5.005 ?     ## Add these new keywords supported since 5.005
      (ABSTRACT_FROM  => 'lib/My/Module.pm', # retrieve abstract from module
       AUTHOR         => 'Doug Bell <preaction@cpan.org>') : ()),
);

Dist::Zilla - A Meta Build System
- Relies on one or more of the preceeding systems
  - Your preference which one(s)
- Wildly pluggable
  - More plugins than all the other build systems

dist.ini

name = Term-FormatColumns
author = Doug Bell <preaction@cpan.org>
version = 0.004
license = Perl_5
copyright_holder = Doug Bell

[@Basic]
[Prereqs]
Term::ReadKey = 2.30
List::MoreUtils = 0.33
Sub::Exporter = 0.984

[Prereqs / TestRequires]
Test::Compile = 0

Building with Dist::Zilla

$ dzil test
[DZ] building distribution under .build/AGZuPsOxvb for installation
[DZ] beginning to build Term-FormatColumns
[DZ] guessing dist's main_module is lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
[DZ] extracting distribution abstract from lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
[DZ] writing Term-FormatColumns in .build/AGZuPsOxvb
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cp lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm blib/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.06 sys +  0.07 cusr  0.20 csys =  0.35 CPU)
Result: PASS
[DZ] all's well; removing .build/AGZuPsOxvb

Building with Dist::Zilla (2)

$ dzil install
[DZ] building distribution under .build/VaQ6FDFz7Y for installation
[DZ] beginning to build Term-FormatColumns
[DZ] guessing dist's main_module is lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
[DZ] extracting distribution abstract from lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
[DZ] writing Term-FormatColumns in .build/VaQ6FDFz7Y
You are visiting the local directory
  '.'
  without lock, take care that concurrent processes do not do likewise.
Going to read '/home/nbkyslo/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:55:06 GMT
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Going to read '/home/nbkyslo/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz'
............................................................................DONE
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Going to read '/home/nbkyslo/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz'
  Database was generated on Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:55:06 GMT
..............................................................DONE
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Going to read '/home/nbkyslo/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz'
............................................................................DONE
Going to write /home/nbkyslo/.cpan/Metadata
You are visiting the local directory
  '/home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.'
  without lock, take care that concurrent processes do not do likewise.
Running make for /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.

  CPAN.pm: Going to build /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cp lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm blib/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3
  /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.
  /usr2/local/bin/make -- OK
Directory '/home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.' not below /home/nbkyslo/.cpan/build, will not store persistent state
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.06 sys +  0.05 cusr  0.20 csys =  0.33 CPU)
Result: PASS
  /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.
  /usr2/local/bin/make test -- OK
Running make install
Manifying blib/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3
Appending installation info to /home/nbkyslo/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux/perllocal.pod
  /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/.build/VaQ6FDFz7Y/.
  /usr2/local/bin/make install  -- OK
[DZ] all's well; removing .build/VaQ6FDFz7Y

Distributing with Dist::Zilla

$ dzil build
[DZ] beginning to build Term-FormatColumns
[DZ] guessing dist's main_module is lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
[DZ] extracting distribution abstract from lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
[DZ] writing Term-FormatColumns in Term-FormatColumns-0.004
[DZ] building archive with Archive::Tar; install Archive::Tar::Wrapper for improved speed
[DZ] writing archive to Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar.gz

Distributing with Dist::Zilla (2)

$ dzil release
[@Basic/TestRelease] Extracting /home/nbkyslo/git/Term-FormatColumns/Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar.gz to .build/MlWdngYvam
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Term::FormatColumns
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
cp lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm blib/lib/Term/FormatColumns.pm
Manifying blib/man3/Term::FormatColumns.3
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr2/local/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00_compile.t .. ok
t/format.t ...... ok
All tests successful.
Files=2, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr  0.06 sys +  0.06 cusr  0.20 csys =  0.33 CPU)
Result: PASS
[@Basic/TestRelease] all's well; removing .build/MlWdngYvam
*** Preparing to release Term-FormatColumns-0.004.tar.gz with @Basic/UploadToCPAN ***

Do you want to continue the release process? [y/N]: N
[@Basic/ConfirmRelease] Aborting release
[@Basic/ConfirmRelease] Aborting release at /datlib/hist/ops/dev/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux/Moose/Meta/Method/Delegation.pm line 110.

The Real Dist::Zilla

name = Term-FormatColumns
author = Doug Bell <preaction@cpan.org>
license = Perl_5
copyright_holder = Doug Bell

[CopyReadmeFromBuild]
[ReadmeMarkdownFromPod]
[@Git]
[Git::NextVersion]
[PkgVersion]
[ModuleBuild]

[@Filter]
bundle = @Basic
remove = Readme

[Prereqs]
Term::ReadKey = 2.30
List::MoreUtils = 0.33
Sub::Exporter = 0.984

[Prereqs / TestRequires]
Test::Compile = 0

My Plugin Set
- Dist::Zilla::Plugin::CopyReadMeFromBuild
- Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ReadmeMarkdownFromPod
- Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Git
  - Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Check
  - Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Commit
  - Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Tag
  - Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Push
- Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::NextVersion
- Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PkgVersion
- Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ModuleBuild
Plugin Conflicts
The End!
- Slides: http://preaction.github.com/Perl/Compare-Building-Modules.html
Slides are licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Code is licensed under the Artistic License or GNU GPL v1.0 or later (the same terms as Perl itself).

Comparison of Perl Build Systems

Chicago.PM -- 2013-01-24

Comparison of Perl Build Systems

Doug Bell

Bank of America

Double Cluepon Software

Points of Comparison

An Example Project

Module::Build

Build.PL

Build.PL for distribution

Building with Module::Build

Distributing with Module::Build

Module::Install

Makefile.PL - Module::Install

Makefile.PL (for dist) - Module::Install

Building with Module::Install

Building with Module::Install (2)

Distributing with Module::Install

Distributing with Module::Install (2)

Module::Install - Teach the Controversy

ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Makefile.PL - ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Makefile.PL (for distribution) - ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Building with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Distributing with ExtUtils::MakeMaker

ExtUtils::MakeMaker in the wild

A More Common Makefile.PL

Dist::Zilla - A Meta Build System

dist.ini

Building with Dist::Zilla

Building with Dist::Zilla (2)

Distributing with Dist::Zilla

Distributing with Dist::Zilla (2)

The Real Dist::Zilla

My Plugin Set

Plugin Conflicts

The End!