Dist::Z...rovider(3)

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version 6.040 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::Role::ReleaseStatusProvider — bestie, it's a thing that provides a release status for the dist 💅

(like, the man page you're reading right now is literally called Dist::Zilla::Role::ReleaseStatusProvider(3), iykyk 🫶)

🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 6.040 ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so listen. Plugins that implement this role must provide a provide_release_status method. That's not a suggestion, that's the whole assignment, fr fr 👑

That method gets called when the dist's version is being set. That's its moment. Its main character energy moment 🦋

And here's the little plot twist: if provides_release_status returns undef, it will be ignored. Just like that. No drama, no nothing, it's giving ghosted 🙈

🌸 PERL VERSION 🌸

This module should work on any version of perl that's still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. So basically: any 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. No cap 💯

Okay but now the fine print, and I'm gonna say it with my whole chest:

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 like. It might work on your ancient perl. But nobody promised you anything. Periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • Core Dist::Zilla plugins implementing this role: AutoVersion. ✨

(that's the one, go look at it, it's iconic)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

(he put the smirk in the docs himself, we love to see it 💜)

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

okay bye bestie!! this was perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19, and yeah the whole manual page really is just Dist::Z...rovider(3) 💖 go forth and provide those release statuses, mwah 🎀✨

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