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Looks the same to me :) (Score:2)
You don't have to dig deep in Module::Release to do anything. You just make a method then call it. It's easy as pie. It's even easier in the 2.x stuff that's sitting on CPAN. If you haven't looked at it in awhile, take a peek even if to just steal ideas. When I get some time, I'll steal some of your ideas.
It's not a big deal if you write your own stuff. No one seems to use anything else that anyone writes anyway. :)
Your modules look a lot like the Module::Release stuff. I like that you configure it from a text file though. I've always wanted to write a DSL for Module::Release (perhaps using my Polyglot module). The slight differences are mostly what I would do if I started over.
Although Module::Release also has the problem of dropping a file in each directory, the next thing on my to do list is a global config that a per-dist config would override.
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Instead of a full DSL, maybe you could do something like Module::Install does.
Make a really tight MI style set of commands that get you most of the way to a simple step by step process, such that we can fall back on pure perl and mix it together if needed.
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Well, I think I have that. It's just that everything is a method call instead of a function call. Most of the release strict is either exposed scaffolding (which I really would like to fix when I have enough free time to fix things that work), or just a declaration of steps.
But, that's something to think about later. If someone really wanted it I might change it, but since the three people in this thread all have their own release software that no-one else uses, I'm not very motivated. :)
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Your modules look a lot like the Module::Release stuff.
What can I say? I may be foolish enough to reinvent the wheel, but yet I know better than not let myself be inspired by what's already there. :-)
You don't have to dig deep in Module::Release to do anything. You just make a method then call it. It's easy as pie.
I'll give you that it's not that deep, and that it's not too hard, but I kinda balk at having to hack into the 'release' script if I want to add a new 'check_somethingelse()' action, or