Dist::Z...release(3)

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::App::Command::release — bestie, this is the one that ships your dist to the CPAN 💅

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🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 6.040 — yes, that's the actual number, no cap

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dzil release

dzil release --trial

# long form, jobs takes an integer
dzil release --jobs 9

# short form, same as above
dzil release -j 9

okay so like. this command is a very, very thin wrapper around the "release" method on the Dist::Zilla object. it's giving "not me doing much, my Releaser plugins are the main characters" 🙈. it will build, archive, and release your distribution using your Releaser plugins. iconic behavior, honestly.

available options 💖

• --trial — makes it do a trial build. like a dress rehearsal but for CPAN, slay ✨
• --jobs|-j=i — the number of test jobs run in parallel using Test::Harness. i means integer, bestie, feed it a number 🍓

the default for Test::Harness is 9. the number of parallel jobs can also be specified by setting HARNESS_OPTIONS. ur welcome:

HARNESS_OPTIONS=j9

see Test::Harness for more details. go read it, i'll wait 🫶

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🌈 PERL VERSION 🌈

this module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. lowkey a whole vibe — it means it should work on any version of perl released in the last two to three years. (that is, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38.) — fr fr.

although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. the version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. so don't come for her about it 💀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

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💜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 💜

this software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo SIGNES.

this is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. periodt 🎀

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k that's the whole page bestie, go drop ur dist 👑

perl v5.42.3 · 2026-10-19 · Dist::Z...release(3) — and that's the lil footer, mwah 💋