NAME
Zilla::Dist - Dist::Zilla Mixed Up
SYNOPSIS
> zild Meta
> # Edit the Meta file.
> zild make release
DESCRIPTION
This module is a formalization of a Perl package directory layout and
release process that I have been evolving for some time. I use the same
layout for Bash, Ruby, Python and Node.js package publishing.
Zilla::Dist provides a Makefile and set of scripts that take a modern
code layout and transform it into something that looks like a standard
old Perl distribution. Under the hood "zild" generates everything that
Dist::Zilla wants and lets "dzil" do the heavy lifting, but you never
need to interact with "Dist::Zilla" stuff directly.
Directory Layout
A fully stacked top level CPAN package repository might look like this:
Changes # History in YAML
Contributing # A generated instruction file for contributing
Meta # Meta info for all metadata needs (including dzil)
ReadMe.pod # Generated from `doc/Module.swim`
.travis.yml # Travis file (generated)
bin/ # Scripts
doc/ # Swim docs
ext/ # External repos (subrepos)
eg/ # Examples
lib/ # Perl `.pm` code
pkg/ # Packaging related files
note/ # Project notes, todo lists, ideas, specs, etc
share/ # Shared files to distribute
test/ # Test suite
Note a few things:
* Sane/Readable names
* Directories are lowercase. Never plural
* Files are TitleCase
* No file extensions (if possible)
* No extra meta files like "dist.ini", ".travis.yml", "bower.json" etc
These are the *best of* from all the package systems I've used. They
make me happy, and not tied to poor legacy standards.
Zilla::Dist
Zilla::Dist uses a Makefile to do everything, but you never see it. You
run commands like:
zild make test
Run "zild make help" to get a list of all the targets. Here are the most
important targets:
"zild make release"
Build the dist, then "cpan-upload" it.
"zild make test"
Run the test suite.
"zild make install"
Build and install the software. Same as install from CPAN.
"zild make prereqs"
Install the prereqs from CPAN that are listed in the "Meta" file's
"requires:" field.
"zild make cpan"
Turn repo into a "Dist::Zilla" ready subdirectory called "./cpan/".
This directory has a "dist.ini" file.
"zild make dist"
Basically the same as "make cpan; cd cpan; dzil build".
USAGE
Start by running:
zild Meta
and you'll get a "Meta" file template. You need to customize the "Meta"
file with information specific to your project.
To do a release, just set a new "version" in the Meta file and add a
"Changes" section using the same version. Then run:
make release
This will:
* Make sure things are ready for release.
* Make a dzil ready directory of your stuff called "./cpan/".
* Call "dzil build".
* Call "cpan-upload" to send the dist to CPAN.
* Tag the git repo with the version string.
* "git push" the repo and tag upstream.
Release in Depth
This section lists all the things that actually happen during the "make
release" step.
*…to be completed…*
RATIONALE RANTING
I've published a lot of *packages* in a lot of programming languages. I
like taking the best ideas and spreading them around. I like reusing
ideas and code and tools as much as possible between these packages.
I trust dzil to DTRT with regard to the CPAN release process. I use
almost the exact same "dist.ini" for some 50 CPAN packages that I've
converted so far.
I don't like cluttered repos and adding new *metadata* files for each
new tool that needs one. The "dist.ini" file is not bad, but I can
generate it from metadata easily. So I do.
As much as these great new ideas differ from the norm, I want my CPAN
publishings to be normal to normal mongers (if there's such a thing).
The "zild make releasse" process does just that. End users would have to
look hard to know this wasn't a "normal" dzil release.
I'm packaging this packaging process as Zilla::Dist for others to use.
It's also a decent example of a CPAN package packaged with itself.
NOTES
Some of the tools in Zilla::Dist are Bash, some are Perl. I'm doing a
lot in the area of Bash Package packaging. See <http://bpan.org>.
I use the term "Package" where CPAN people have used the term
"Distribution". Perl is the only language (in my packaging experience)
to do so.
The name "t/" is another outlier. The most common is "test/" followed by
"tests/".
I don't like plural directory names. Try singular. I think you'll like
it too.
ALLCAPSFILENAMES ARE TOO LOUD! ChillOut.
Commiting Generated Code/Files
People think that committing generated code/files is a bad idea and in
general I concur, but there are exceptions.
Sometimes tools like Travis-CI require you to commit a config file.
Zilla::Dist generates these files from metadata, which is a whole lot
easier than maintaining them yourself, but you end up commiting
generated code.
The "dist.ini" file is only needed locally, however, during dist build
time, so no need to commit that.
In general, when an external tool requires files, and it's easiest to
generate those files, it's OK to commit generated code.
SEE ALSO
* Dist::Zilla
Modules Published to CPAN w/ "zild"
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/acme-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/acme-ybfod-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/akefile-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/alt-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/alt-sex-ingy-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/app-aycabtu-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/boolean-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/class-field-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/convert-base32-crockford-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/devel-local-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/dist-zilla-plugin-testbaseincluder-pm
>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/dist-zilla-plugin-testmlincluder-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/error-errors-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/file-share-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/gloom-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/inline-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/inline-c-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/inline-module-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/io-all-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/jsony-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/js-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/jsync-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/kwim-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/kwim-plugin-badge-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/language-snusp-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/lexicals-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/module-compile-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/module-install-ackxxx-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/module-install-manifestskip-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/module-install-requireslist-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/module-install-versioncheck-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/module-manifest-skip-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/moos-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/lexicals-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/orz-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/package-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/parse-sqloutput-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-chess-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-cmd-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-cpan-packages-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-crontab-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-forth-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-json-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pegex-vcard-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/perl5-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/perl5-i-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/perl5-ingy-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/plack-middleware-cache-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/plack-middleware-proxymap-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/pquery-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/rosettacode-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/spiffy-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/stackato-stackrad-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/stump-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/swim-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/swim-plugin-badge-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/swim-plugin-cpan-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/template-toolkit-simple-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/template-plugin-yamlval-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/test-base-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/test-yaml-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/testml-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/testml-script-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/testml-tiny-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/tiny-yaml-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/vroom-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/worky-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/xxx-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-full-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-libyaml-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-old-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-pegex-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-shell-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yamltime-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/yamltime-git-pm>
* <https://github.com/ingydotnet/zilla-dist-pm> !!
AUTHOR
Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2014. Ingy döt Net.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>