On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Ovid
<[email protected]>wrote:

>
> What would be nice if if the main documentation (
> http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Build/lib/Module/Build.pm) had, right
> at the top, sample Build.PL code in the synopsis.  After that, maybe a few
> "optional" configurations or "recommended" Build.PL files.  For example,
> here's a sample Build.PL that I'm using and the various features are ones
> that I learned from mailing lists because I get lost in the docs :)
> [...]
> I suspect, but can't prove, that many potential Module::Build users have
> the same issues. They just want to know how to write a useful Build.PL.
>  Maybe after that a quick example of how to extend it to, say, set up a test
> database or some other build action.  Then and only then go into the
> mind-numbing detail about every single bell and whistle that Module::Build
> provides :)
>

+1.

If you really want people to adopt Module::Build, change the h2xs script so
it generates something like the above... (kidding - does anyone still use
h2xs to start a non-xs module?)

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