Changes for version 4.24 - 2014-09-27

  • No functional changes in this release, just improved docs
  • MakeMaker::Custom
    • Clarify that not all the boilerplate is required
  • ModuleBuild::Custom
    • Clarify that not all the boilerplate is required

Modules

Move the release tarball to an archive directory
Ensure version numbers are up-to-date
Allow a dist to have a custom Makefile.PL
Add arbitrary keys to distmeta
Allow a dist to have a custom Build.PL
Look for comments recommending prerequisites
Check the prereqs from our META.json
Get distribution version from its main_module
Dump selected hash keys as a string
Create Module::Metadata object from Dist::Zilla::File