SYNOPSIS

    In dist.ini:

     ; it is recommended that the name of lump dist ends with '-Lumped'
     name=Perinci-CmdLine-Any-Lumped
    
     version=0.01
    
     ; you should use minimal plugins and avoid those that munge files (e.g.
     ; OurVersion, PodWeaver, etc)
     [@Basic]
    
     [PERLANCAR::AddDeps]
     ; lump all modules from a single dist
     lump_dist = Perinci::CmdLine::Any
     ; lump all modules from a single dist and their recursive dependencies
     lump_dist_and_deps = Perinci::CmdLine::Any
     ; filter by author
     include_author = PERLANCAR
    
     ; all the lump_* and include_* configurations can be specified multiple times

    In your main module, e.g. "Perinci/CmdLine/Any/Lumped.pm" in lib:

     package Perinci::CmdLine::Any::Lumped;
    
     our $VERSION = 0.01;
     # LUMPED_MODULES
     # LUMPED_DISTS
    
     ...

DESCRIPTION

    WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL

    This plugin will add one or more module files to your dist during
    building. When done carefully, this can reduce the number of dists that
    users need to download and install because they are already included in
    your dists.

    The module file(s) to be added must be indexed on (local) CPAN and
    installed on your local Perl installation (as they will be copied from
    the installed version on your local installation). They will thus be
    contained in their original distributions as well as on your lump dist.
    To avoid conflict, the lumped files on your lump dist will be excluded
    from indexing (using no_index in CPAN META) so PAUSE does not see them.

 How it works

    1. Gather the module files to be added as specified in lump_dist and
    lump_dist_and_deps. To get a list of modules in a dist, or to get list
    of (recursive) dependencies, lcpan is used. Make sure you have lcpan
    installed and your local CPAN mirror is sufficiently up-to-date (use
    lcpan update regularly to keep it up-to-date).

    2. Do some minimal munging on the files to be added:

      * If the POD indicates which dist the module is in, will replace it
      with our dist. For example if there is a VERSION section with this
      content:

       This document describes version 0.10 of Perinci::CmdLine::Any (from Perl
       distribution Perinci-CmdLine-Any), released on 2015-04-12.

      then the text will be replaced with:

       This document describes version 0.10 of Perinci::CmdLine::Any (from Perl
       distribution Perinci-CmdLine-Any-Lumped version 0.01), released on 2015-05-15.

    3. Add all files into no_index metadata, so they don't clash with the
    original dists.

    4. For all the dependencies found in #1 but excluded (not lumped),
    express them as dependencies.

 Other caveats/issues

      * Only module files from each distribution are included. This means
      other stuffs are not included: scripts/binaries, shared files, .pod
      files, etc. This is because PAUSE currently only index packages (~
      modules). We have .packlist though, and can use it in the future when
      needed.

      * Currently all the dependency dists must be installed on your local
      Perl installation. (This is purely out of my coding laziness though.
      It could/should be extracted from the release file in local CPAN
      index though.)

      * 

SEE ALSO

    lcpan