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Changes for version 4.21 - 2014-02-22

  • RecommendedPrereqs
    • Debug log each file scanned (turn on with dzil -v)
  • Test::PrereqsFromMeta
    • Special case for if.pm (modules named after keywords are tricky)

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