File Content: Alien.pod # PODNAME: Alien::Build::Manual::Alien # ABSTRACT: General alien author documentation # VERSION __END__ =pod =encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME Alien::Build::Manual::Alien - General alien author documentation =head1 VERSION version 2.41 =head1 SYNOPSIS perldoc Alien::Build::Manual::Alien =head1 DESCRIPTION The goal of the L<Alien> namespace is to provide non-CPAN dependencies (so called "Alien" dependencies) for CPAN modules. The history and intent of this idea is documented in the documentation-only L<Alien> module. The C<Alien-Build> distribution provides a framework for building aliens. The intent is to fix bugs and enhance the interface of a number of common tools so that all aliens may benefit. The distribution is broken up into these parts: =over 4 =item The Alien Installer (configure / build-time) L<Alien::Build> and L<alienfile> are used to detect and install aliens. They are further documented in L<Alien::Build::Manual::AlienAuthor>. =item The Alien Runtime (runtime) L<Alien::Base> is the base class for aliens in the C<Alien-Build> system. Its use by Alien consumers is documented in L<Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser>. =item The Plugin system (configure / build-time) Because many packages are implemented using different tools, the detection, build and install logic for a particular L<Alien> can vary a lot. As such, much of L<Alien::Build> is implemented as a series of plugins that inherit from L<Alien::Build::Plugin>. An overview of building your own plugins is documented in L<Alien::Build::Manual::PluginAuthor>. =back Additional useful documentation may be found here: =over 4 =item FAQ L<Alien::Build::Manual::FAQ> =item Contributing L<Alien::Build::Manual::Contributing> =back =head1 AUTHOR Author: Graham Ollis E<lt>plicease@cpan.orgE<gt> Contributors: Diab Jerius (DJERIUS) Roy Storey (KIWIROY) Ilya Pavlov David Mertens (run4flat) Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg) Christian Walde (Mithaldu) Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis) Zaki Mughal (zmughal) mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ) Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar) Flavio Poletti (polettix) Salvador Fandiño (salva) Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar) Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum) Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod) Nicholas Shipp (nshp) Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ) Joel Berger (JBERGER) Petr Pisar (ppisar) Lance Wicks (LANCEW) Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF) José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA) Duke Leto (LETO) Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI) Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN) Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS) Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH) nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA) =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2011-2020 by Graham Ollis. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut Submit