On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:54 -0400, "David Golden" <xda...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Eric Wilhelm <enoba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I actually prefer to check-in the MANIFEST because that gives me a diff > > each time it is generated, which catches bugs in MANIFEST.SKIP. > > Otherwise, I guess I would have to somehow review what went into the > > package and that would interrupt my release workflow. (I know, David > > didn't say anything about MANIFEST, but some people have mentioned > > wanting it in $distdir IIRC.) > > I would keep MANIFEST in $src and checked in -- but excluding files > generated solely in $distdir. (This is what happens today for > SIGNATURE). That way, it is a sanity check on MANIFEST.SKIP.
In my case, I have a $ENV{RELEASE_TESTING} | $ENV{AUTOMATED_TESTING} keyed test that uses Test::DistManifest (at least, I think that's the module I use) for the same purpose, so I ignore MANIFEST and check in MANIFEST.SKIP. To each his own, however. --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in HTML mail]