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Debian::DEP12(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Debian::DEP12(3pm)

Debian::DEP12 - interface to Debian DEP 12 format

    use Debian::DEP12;
    my $meta = Debian::DEP12->new;
    $meta->set( 'Bug-Database',
                'https://github.com/merkys/Debian-DEP12/issues' );
    $meta->validate;

Debian::DEP12 is an object-oriented interface for Debian DEP 12 format, also known as debian/upstream/metadata. Primary focus of the initial development is the validation and fixing of DEP 12 data.

DEP 12 is in draft state and the development is happening in its wiki page (<https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata>). Thus Debian::DEP12 attempts to keep up with the DEP 12 specification. To keep track, the UTC timestamp of DEP 12 wiki page is stored in $DEP12_VERSION class variable.

Contributions welcome!

Creates a new Debian::DEP12 instance from either YAML, Text::BibTeX::Entry or Text::BibTeX::File instances, or plain Perl hash reference with DEP 12 fields and their values.

fields()

Returns an array of fields defined in the instance in any order.

Returns value of a field.

Sets a new value for a field. Returns the old value.

Unsets value for a field. Returns the old value.

to_YAML()

Returns a string with YAML representation.

validate()

Performs checks of DEP 12 data in the instance and returns an array of validation messages as instances of Debian::DEP12::ValidationWarning.

For the description of DEP 12 refer to <https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep12/>.

Andrius Merkys, <merkys@cpan.org>

2024-09-28 perl v5.38.2