Dist::Z...Provider(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

Bestie, welcome to Dist::Z...Provider(3) — which is the short little name your terminal shows for this page in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. The real, full name of the thing? Dist::Zilla::Role::MetaProvider 🎀

It's a role — aka something that provides metadata (for META.yml/json). Yes, the whole point is that it hands over metadata. That's the job. That's the gig. 👑

💖 VERSION 💖

This is version 6.040, no cap.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so here's the tea: this role exists to provide data that gets merged into the distribution metadata. That's it, that's the whole personality. It gives, and the metadata receives. 🫶

🦋 PERL VERSION 🦋

Real talk about compatibility, because I know you were about to ask:

This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. Which literally means it should work on any version of perl released in the last two to three years. Like, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38. Slay.

Now the fine print, and I need you to actually read this part:

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 yes it might work on your ancient perl. No, nobody promised you anything. 🙈

💅 METHODS 💅

⭐ metadata

This method must be provided by classes implementing this role — so if you're the one implementing it, that's on you, bestie, don't forget it.

What does it do? It returns a hashref of data to be (deeply) merged together with pre-existing metadata.

Deep merge. Not a shallow little surface-level vibe. A deep one. 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Core Dist::Zilla plugins implementing this role:

  • ConfigMeta.
  • MetaNoIndex.

Dist::Zilla plugins on the CPAN:

  • GithubMeta...

👑 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. Iconic behavior, honestly. 💜

And that's the whole page, angel — this one came from perl v5.42.3 and it was last touched on 2026-10-19, so go forth and merge your metadata deeply. Mwah. 🎀✨

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