LINTIAN::DATA::AUTHORITY::DEVELOPERREFERENCE(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Lintian::Data::Authority::DeveloperReference — it's the Lintian girlie that handles manual references for you, no cap ✨

So this is like, part of the Debian Package Checker squad (aka Lintian), and it's the whole interface for loading up manual references. Bestie behavior fr fr 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use Lintian::Data::Authority::DeveloperReference;

That's it. That's the whole flex. One line and you're in 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea: Lintian::Data::Authority::DeveloperReference gives you a way to load data files for manual references. That's literally its whole job and it does it gorgeously. Main character energy only 😌

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👑 CLASS METHODS 👑

These are the class methods bestie, and yes we're listing every single one because we don't skip:

• title
• shorthand
• location
• separator
• consumer
• markdown_citation
• write_line
• write_data_file
• extract_sections_from_links
• refresh

Periodt. All ten of them, right there. Don't skip a single one, they're all iconic in their own way 🌈

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. King behavior honestly 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• lintian(1) — go read it bestie, it's the gateway drug iykyk

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lowkey obsessed with how tidy this whole page is. no notes. 💯

Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2 🌸 2026-10-08 — mwah, that's a wrap, thanks for reading my little manual page bestie, ily, go check some packages 💖🦋✨