Dist::Z...MetaYAML(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MetaYAML 💖

okay bestie, so you know how the manual page header for this one is Dist::Z...MetaYAML(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation? yeah. that's this. it's the plugin that drops a META.yml into your dist and honestly? iconic behavior.

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MetaYAML — produce a META.yml

🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 6.040

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This plugin will add a META.yml file to the distribution. no thoughts, just YAML. 💅

For more info on this file, see Module::Build::API and CPAN::Meta. go read those, they know things.

🦋 PERL VERSION 🦋

This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. so like, any perl released in the last two to three years. fr fr. (translation: if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38.)

⚠️ okay so here's the tea: 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 if you're on ancient perl, that's a vibe check you might fail. 😭

👑 ATTRIBUTES 👑

🍓 filename

If given, this parameter lets you specify an alternate name for the generated file. It defaults, of course, to META.yml. like, obviously. named her whatever you want, she's still gonna be the same girl. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Core Dist::Zilla plugins: @Basic, Manifest.
  • Dist::Zilla roles: FileGatherer.
  • Other modules: CPAN::Meta, CPAN::Meta::Spec, YAML.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

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. slay, honestly. legally slay. ⚖️✨

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🎀 this was perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19, and the manpage was Dist::Z...MetaYAML(3). mwah, go write some YAML. 💖

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