Dist::Z...neFiles(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::InlineFiles — files that just live in a data section, bestie. (The manual page itself shows up as Dist::Z...neFiles(3) because the title got squished, but you know who she is. 👑)

✨ VERSION ✨

version 6.040 — that's the one, no cap. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so listen. This plugin? She doesn't really do much on her own — she exists purely to be extended, like she's the blueprint and everyone else is the main character. 🙈

What she does do is gather up all the files chillin' in her data section, plus all the files in the data sections of her ancestors (yes, the whole family tree, we love a legacy 💅).

Wanna know more about how the data section situation works? Go read up on Data::Section. She's the one holding all the lore. 📚✨

🌸 PERL VERSION 🌸

This module keeps up with whatever perl the Perl 5 Porters are still actively feeding and watering. 🌱 Which means: any perl version released in the last two to three years — that's the vibe check.

Like, if the freshest release out there is v5.40, then she works on both v5.40 and v5.38. Both. Simultaneously. Slay. 💅

Now, could she maybe still work on older perls? Sure, possibly. But there is no guarantee that the minimum required version won't get bumped up, and the version may be raised for literally any reason. So don't come for her. 😭 Also: no promises that patches to lower the minimum version will be accepted. That's just the rules, fr fr. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The core Dist::Zilla plugins that inherit from InlineFiles, i.e. her iconic children who ate and left no crumbs 👑:

  • MetaTests
  • PodCoverageTests
  • PodSyntaxTests

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems> — noted, credited, respected. That's the author, periodt. 🎀✨

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. 🫶

And that's the whole page, babe — shipped as perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19, and it's officially a wrap. Go forth and extend some InlineFiles. 💖🦋🌸

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