Jargon

This is a dictionary of jargon associated with this project and need not be more widely applicable.

Build API

Interface between a module builder and a CPAN client; the subject of this project. (TODO: Limit scope of project to Build class module builders only?)

module builder

e.g., any of:

• ExtUtils::MakeMaker (make)
• Module::Install (make)
• Module::Build (Build)
• Module::Build::Tiny (Build)

make class

those module builders that rely on make.

Build class

those module builders that do not rely on make.

CPAN client

e.g., any of:

• cpan
• cpanp (aka cpanplus)
• cpanm (aka cpanminus)