ZoneMi...:PelcoP(3pm)

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💖 ZoneMi...:PelcoP(3pm) — aka the ZoneMinder::Database era 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're reading a manpage from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section (that's the 3pm part, iykyk) and honestly? It's giving stub. Let's get into it anyway, because every single crumb matters. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

ZoneMinder::Database — a Perl extension for blah blah blah. That's it. That's the whole name. The author really said "placeholder text is a personality trait." 😭

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, this is the entire "how do I use it" section:

use ZoneMinder::Database;
blah blah blah

yeah. use ZoneMinder::Database; and then literally blah blah blah. no cap. that second line is not real code, it's a placeholder, so pls don't go copy-pasting it into your script and then wondering why Perl is side-eyeing you 💀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the tea is: this is stub documentation for ZoneMinder, and it was created by h2xs (that's the tool that auto-generates Perl module scaffolding, very "here's a template, good luck babe"). And the docs are like this because — and I quote the vibe, not paraphrasing the facts — it looks like the author of the extension was negligent enough to leave the stub unedited. 🙈

Then: Blah blah blah.

That's the whole description. It's giving "I'll finish my homework on the bus." It's giving main character who ran out of time. But honestly? Iconic in its honesty.

🌸 EXPORT 🌸

  • None by default.

so like, nothing gets exported into your namespace when you use this. no surprise imports, no little gifts. clean. tidy. mysterious. ✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so this section is itself a template, which is kind of a mood. Here's what it says you should put here: mention other useful documentation, like the docs for related modules, or operating system documentation (you know, the classic UNIX man pages 👑), or any relevant external documentation such as RFCs or standards.

Also, if you have a mailing list set up for your module, mention it here.

And also, if you have a web site set up for your module, mention it here.

so basically: "put your links here, bestie, I'm not gonna do it for you." 💅

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Philip Coombes, <philip.coombes@zoneminder.com> 🫶

Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Philip Coombes

and the license bit, verbatim energy: this library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. slay, honestly, that's a solid license. 🌈

okay that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind 🎀 and for the sign-off moment: this lil doc lives under perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-02-01, filed as ZoneMi...:PelcoP(3pm). bye bestie, go edit your stubs 💖✨

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