Module-Build 0.19_05

on Perl CPAN

Changed the way the depends_on() method works inside action
subroutines - now each action will only run once per dispatch()
invocation (similar to how perl's require() function works). This
helps avoid some difficult problems with dependency loops.

Separated the 'build' action into two separate actions, 'code' and
'docs'. This is similar to MakeMaker's separation of the 'all'
target into 'pure_all' and 'manifypods'. This fixes a permissions
hassle in which doing 'sudo Build install' would often create local
doc files that needed superuser permissions to delete.

Enhanced the 'help' action - 'Build help foo' will now show the POD
documentation for the 'foo' action.

Changed the documentation for the 'autosplit' parameter to give
reasons why it may not be a good idea to use, but no longer
threaten to remove it. [Suggested by Martyn J. Pearce]

Improved the formatting of the 'traditional' Makefile.PL generated
by Module::Build::Compat->create_makefile_pl. [Michael Schwern]

The 'traditional' Makefile.PL will now use the 'module_name'
parameter (as NAME) if it's available, otherwise it will continue
to use the 'dist_name' (as DISTNAME). [Michael Schwern]

Created read/write accessor methods for all our 'properties'.
[Michael Schwern]

The 'test_files' parameter can now be specified using glob() syntax
(i.e. 't/*.t'), and the corresponding test_files() method is now a
read/write accessor.

The 'builddocs' action from the last beta release has been renamed
to 'docs'.

The location of the 'blib' directory is now a property of the Build
object - nobody is likely to notice this change, with any luck, but
it makes the design and code cleaner.

The 'disttest' and 'distsign' methods now chdir() back to the
directory where they started, rather than to the base_dir of the
build.