Deprecate Perl 5.4. Next step will be Dist::Zilla for building distros.

MANIFEST

@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ lib/POE/Wheel/ReadWrite.pm
 lib/POE/Wheel/Run.pm
 lib/POE/Wheel/SocketFactory.pm
 mylib/Devel/Null.pm
-mylib/Makefile-5004.pm
-mylib/Makefile-5005.pm
 mylib/MyOtherFreezer.pm
 mylib/PoeBuildInfo.pm
 mylib/coverage.perl

Makefile.PL

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
+# rocco // vim: ts=2 sw=2 expandtab
+
 
 use strict;
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
@@ -52,27 +54,123 @@ unless ($ret =~ /^Y$/i) {
 
 print "\n";
 
-# Which kind of makefile should we build?
+use lib qw(./mylib);
+use PoeBuildInfo qw(
+  TEST_FILES
+  CLEAN_FILES
+  CORE_REQUIREMENTS
+  DIST_ABSTRACT
+  DIST_AUTHOR
+  RECOMMENDED_TIME_HIRES
+);
 
-if ($] < 5.005004) {
-  warn(
-    "\n",
-    "===============================================================\n",
-    "\n",
-    "Please upgrade Perl to avoid lapses in support.  Perl 5.005_04\n",
-    "or newer is preferred.  Support for older versions will be\n",
-    "phased out in the future.\n",
-    "\n",
-    "Thank you.\n",
-    "\n",
-    "===============================================================\n",
-    "\n",
-  );
+### Touch files that will be generated at "make dist" time.
+### ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build will complain about them if
+### they aren't present now.
+
+open(TOUCH, ">>CHANGES") and close TOUCH;
+open(TOUCH, ">>META.yml") and close TOUCH;
+
+### Touch gen-tests.perl so it always triggers.
+
+utime(time(), time(), "mylib/gen-tests.perl");
+
+### Some advisory dependency testing.
+
+sub check_for_modules {
+  my ($dep_type, @modules) = @_;
+
+  my @failures;
+  while (@modules) {
+    my $module  = shift @modules;
+    my $target  = shift @modules;
+
+    my $version = eval "use $module (); return \$$module\::VERSION";
 
-  require "./mylib/Makefile-5004.pm";
+    if ($@) {
+      push(
+        @failures,
+        "***   $module $target could not be loaded.\n"
+      );
+    }
+    elsif ($version < $target) {
+      push(
+        @failures,
+        "***   $module $target is $dep_type, " .
+        "but version $version is installed.\n"
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (@failures) {
+    warn(
+      "*** Some $dep_type features may not be available:\n",
+      @failures,
+    );
+  }
 }
-else {
-  require "./mylib/Makefile-5005.pm";
+
+check_for_modules("required", CORE_REQUIREMENTS);
+check_for_modules(
+  "optional",
+  "Compress::Zlib"  => 1.33,
+  "Curses"          => 1.08,
+  "IO::Poll"        => 0.01,
+  "IO::Pty"         => 1.02,
+  "LWP"             => 5.79,
+  "Socket6"         => 0.14,
+  "Storable"        => 2.12,
+  "Term::Cap"       => 1.09,
+  "Term::ReadKey"   => 2.21,
+  RECOMMENDED_TIME_HIRES,
+  "URI"             => 1.30,
+);
+
+### Generate Makefile.PL.
+
+sub MY::postamble {
+  return <<EOF;
+
+ppmdist: pm_to_blib
+\cI\$(TAR) --exclude '*/man[13]*' -cvf \\
+\cI\cI\$(DISTVNAME)-win32ppd.tar blib
+\cI\$(COMPRESS) \$(DISTVNAME)-win32ppd.tar
+
+ppddist: ppmdist
+
+coverage: Makefile
+\cI$^X mylib/coverage.perl
+
+cover: coverage
+EOF
 }
 
+WriteMakefile(
+  NAME           => 'POE',
+  AUTHOR         => DIST_AUTHOR,
+  ABSTRACT       => DIST_ABSTRACT,
+
+  VERSION_FROM   => 'lib/POE.pm',
+  dist           => {
+    COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f',
+    SUFFIX   => 'gz',
+    PREOP    => (
+      'git-log.pl | ' .
+      '/usr/bin/tee ./$(DISTNAME)-$(VERSION)/CHANGES > ./CHANGES; ' .
+      "$^X mylib/gen-meta.perl; " .
+      '/bin/cp -f ./META.yml ./$(DISTNAME)-$(VERSION)/META.yml'
+    ),
+  },
+
+  clean          => { FILES => CLEAN_FILES  },
+  test           => { TESTS => TEST_FILES  },
+
+  # Not executed on "make test".
+  PL_FILES       => { 'mylib/gen-tests.perl' => [ 'lib/POE.pm' ] },
+
+  # More for META.yml than anything.
+  NO_META        => 1,
+  PREREQ_PM      => { CORE_REQUIREMENTS },
+);
+
 1;

mylib/PoeBuildInfo.pm

@@ -70,18 +70,26 @@ sub DIST_ABSTRACT () {
 
 sub CLEAN_FILES () {
   my @clean_files = qw(
+    */*/*/*/*~
+    */*/*/*~
+    */*/*/*~
+    */*/*~
+    */*~
+    *~
+    META.yml
+    Makefile.old
     bingos-followtail
     coverage.report
     poe_report.xml
     run_network_tests
-    test-output.err
     t/20_resources/10_perl
     t/20_resources/10_perl/*
     t/20_resources/20_xs
     t/20_resources/20_xs/*
-    t/30_loops/*/*
-    t/30_loops/*
     t/30_loops
+    t/30_loops/*
+    t/30_loops/*/*
+    test-output.err
   );
   "@clean_files";
 }