Dist::Z...Archive(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::Role::BeforeArchive — literally the thing that runs before the archive file gets built 💅

(Also known as Dist::Z...Archive(3) up in the header, if you were squinting at that. Same vibe, bestie.)

🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 6.040 — yes queen, we're on 6.040 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — plugins that take on this role get their before_archive method called right before the archive is actually built. like, actually actually. no cap. ✨

That's it. That's the whole gig. It's giving "get in, do the thing, get out before the tarball even knows what hit it." 🔥

🦋 PERL VERSION 🦋

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

Now for the fine print, and bestie I need you to listen: 👑

  • 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. literally any. don't ask.
  • And there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. so if you're out here trying to drag it back to perl 5.8, that's a no from the committee 🙈
fr fr, don't get attached to an old minimum. it can move at any time and it doesn't owe you an explanation. 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

(the 😏 is doing so much heavy lifting there and honestly? iconic.)

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. 🎀 (yes, the same terms as perl itself. slay. go forth and remix.)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this was served up by perl v5.42.3 on 2026-10-19, documented as Dist::Z...Archive(3) — mwah, kisses, go build something cute 🍓🧚‍♀️

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