It is f* annoying to clone the repository with only dist.ini and missing Makefile.PL or Build.PL.

It is more annoying to run dzil build and see

Required plugin bundle [@YETANOTHER] isn't installed.

I don’t want to install 300 more packages only because I need this only one small module which I cloned from git repository. I can’t install 300 more packages for Dzil because I do it on Android where there is no Dzill because I need to fix some modules which I can’t fix because of missing Dzil. Damn it.

Dist::Zilla: real Catch-22

Fortunately usually I can prepare tiny stub with Makefile.PL:

# Very simple stub because of damn Dist::Zilla
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
WriteMakefile( 'PL_FILES' => {}, 'VERSION' => '0.01', 'EXE_FILES' => [] );

Stupid? If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid. ExtUtils::MakeMaker beats Dist::Zilla.