--create_packlist

[Leont]

Module::Build and Module::Build::Tiny has a create_packlist option that defaults to true. This allows vendors to skip on the packlist, which a lot of packagers prefer to do.

Should we support that in the spec? Should we have something more high level? Do we even know what we need here?

[karenetheridge]

This allows vendors to skip on the packlist

What does that mean? They skip creating the .packlist file?

(My next question is: is it documented what this is to contain and why it
exists? because I'm not entirely sure.)

[Leont]

What does that mean? They skip creating the .packlist file?

Yes. Debian even patches their MakeMaker not to write it for INSTALLDIRS=vendors|perl.

(My next question is: is it documented what this is to contain and why it exists? because I'm not entirely sure.)

Barely. There are ExtUtils::Installed and ExtUtils::Packlist, but they are only API's. The file format is not documented , this might be a feature.