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Debian::Upstream::Metadata::Perl(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Debian::Upstream::Metadata::Perl(3pm)

NAME

Debian::Upstream::Metadata::Perl -- debian/upstream/metadata for Perl modules

SYNOPSIS

 use Debian::Upstream::Metadata::Perl;
 Debian::Upstream::Metadata::Perl->convert(
    CPAN::Meta->new('META.yaml'),
    'debian/upstream/metadata');

DESCRIPTION

"Debian::Upstream::Metadata::Perl" is a helper module which can be used to convert the data in a CPAN::Meta object to a debian/upstream/metadata files, according to the UpstreamMetadata specification.

Please, note that upstream links will be switched to https URLs.

Functions

boil_down_meta

Extract and cleanup data from CPAN::Meta argument.

Returns a hash ref containing data suitable for Debian files.

METHODS

Not exported function, cf. SYNOPSIS.

SEE ALSO

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This program is free software and can be distributed under the same terms as Perl.

2026-04-11 perl v5.40.1