Module Build/Test/Release System

[jbisbee]

What are recommendations the tools that you use to build, test, automate change logs, and release your CPAN modules? About 2 years ago I used Module::Release, but at this point I'm looking to re-evaluate my options.

[dragonchild]

I use Module::Install for new stuff. I used to use Module::Build, but I've migrated because I like MI better.

[perrin]

Automated changelogs aren't worth the bits they're stored in. If you aren't going to manually create a changelog that tells people something useful about what changed (see DBI for a great example), I don't think it's worth having a changelog at all.

[moritz]

I use Module::Build for my modules (which are plain perl modules so far), and it works well. If you use it, be sure to use a relatively new version (I had some minor troubles with Version 0.26, all of which seem to be fixed in newer releases).

perl Build.PL
./Build test
./Build manifest
./Build dist

[jbisbee]

I understand ExtUtils::MakeMaker/Module::Build part of building out a distribution. I guess I'm really looking for auto generation of change logs, potentially uping version #s, uploading to CPAN, etc rolled into a nice neat package. I know of people who have built out their own release systems and see what other 'hooks' there are to make life easier for a CPAN developer.