Perl Release Author Getty

• xs_alien = Alien::Foo - Auto-configures MakeMaker::Awesome for XS+Alien
• xs_object = Name - Override XS object name (default: derived from Alien name)

Versioning

• task = 1 - TaskWeaver + AutoVersion
• manual_version = x.x - Manual version
• major_version = 2 - Major version for AutoVersion

Support

• irc = #channel - IRC channel
• irc_server - Server (default: irc.perl.org)
• irc_user - Username for SUPPORT section

Git

• release_branch - Branch for releases (default: main)

Alien (prefix alien_)

For wrapping C libraries with Alien::Base:

Required:

• alien_repo - URL to download releases from

Library identification:

• alien_name - Name of the alien package
• alien_bins - Executables to install (multi-value)

Archive pattern matching:

• alien_pattern - Full regex pattern for archive matching
• alien_pattern_prefix - Prefix (e.g., mylib-)
• alien_pattern_version - Version regex (default: ([\d\.]+))
• alien_pattern_suffix - Suffix (e.g., \.tar\.gz)

Build configuration:

• alien_msys - Use MSYS on Windows
• alien_autoconf_with_pic - Pass --with-pic to autoconf
• alien_isolate_dynamic - Isolate dynamic libraries
• alien_version_check - Command to check installed version

Custom build commands (for non-autoconf projects):

• alien_build_command - Custom build commands (multi-value, use %s for prefix)
• alien_install_command - Custom install commands (multi-value)
• alien_test_command - Custom test commands (multi-value)

Dependencies:

• alien_bin_requires - Build dependencies (multi-value)

Run Hooks (prefix run_)

• run_before_build, run_after_build
• run_before_release, run_after_release
• run_release, run_test

POD Commands (Pod::Elemental::Transformer::Author::GETTY)

Section Commands (→ =head1)

• =synopsis → =head1 SYNOPSIS
• =description → =head1 DESCRIPTION
• =seealso → =head1 SEE ALSO

Inline Commands (→ =head2)

• =attr name → =head2 name
• =method method_name → =head2 method_name
• =func func_name → =head2 func_name
• =opt - CLI options
• =env - Environment variables
• =hook - Hooks
• =example - Examples

Auto-generated sections (do NOT write manually): NAME, VERSION, AUTHOR, SUPPORT, CONTRIBUTING, COPYRIGHT

Versioning Convention — CRITICAL

The version in the repository is always the NEXT release version, not the current one.

Before a release, the files already contain the upcoming version:

• dist.ini or module $VERSION = e.g. 1.005
• Changes has {{$NEXT}} as the placeholder for unreleased changes
• The currently released version on CPAN is 1.004

After dzil release runs:

1. {{$NEXT}} in Changes is replaced with 1.005 + release date
2. The version is bumped to 1.006 (or next AutoVersion value)
3. A Git tag v1.005 is created

Do NOT treat the version in dist.ini as the released version. If the user asks "what version is released?", check CPAN or git tags — not the current $VERSION in the files.

Do NOT bump the version manually before a release — dzil release handles this automatically.

Consumer-side: pinning a GETTY dist in another project's cpanfile

When pinning a GETTY-authored dist (Langertha, Net::Async::, WWW::, DBIO, etc.) as a dependency in another project's cpanfile, the same rule flips around on you:

• The version in the dist's lib/Foo.pm / dist.ini is the NEXT unreleased version
• The version on CPAN/metacpan is what your cpanfile can actually install

So always pin to the metacpan version, not the version you see locally in the source tree.

cpanm --info Net::Async::WebSearch    # → GETTY/Net-Async-WebSearch-0.002.tar.gz  ← USE 0.002
grep VERSION ~/dev/perl/p5-net-async-websearch/lib/Net/Async/WebSearch.pm
                                       # → our $VERSION = '0.003';                  ← NOT this

Pinning to the local-source version means cpm can't resolve it (404 on metacpan). If you need an unreleased feature, ask the author to release first — don't try to pin ahead.

Release Workflow

# Before release: check Changes, ensure {{$NEXT}} section has entries
# Then:
dzil release        # Builds, tests, uploads to CPAN, bumps version, commits, tags

Conventions

1. copyright_year IS used in dist.ini — GETTY has it in ALL distributions, do NOT remove it
2. No =head1 SUPPORT/AUTHOR/COPYRIGHT in POD
3. Use inline =attr/=method directly after code
4. Dependencies in cpanfile, not dist.ini
5. Changes file with {{$NEXT}} for unreleased
6. For XS+Alien modules: use xs_alien = Alien::Foo (auto-configures MakeMaker::Awesome)