NAME

       MetaCPAN::Client::Release - A Release data object

VERSION

       version 2.031000

SYNOPSIS

       my $release = $mcpan->release('Moose');

DESCRIPTION

       A MetaCPAN release entity object.

ATTRIBUTES

   status
       The release's status, "latest", "cpan", or "backpan".

   name
       The release's name, something like "Moose-1.23".

   date
       An ISO8601 datetime string like "2016-11-19T12:41:46" indicating when the release was
       uploaded.

   author
       The PAUSE ID of the author who uploaded the release.

   maturity
       This will be either "released" or "developer".

   main_module
       The release's main module name.

   id
       The release's internal MetaCPAN id.

   authorized
       A boolean indicating whether or not this was an authorized release.

   download_url
       A URL for this release's distribution archive file.

   checksum_sha256
       The sha256 hexdigest for this release's distribution archive file.

   checksum_md5
       The md5 hexdigest for this release's distribution archive file.

   first
       A boolean indicating whether or not this is the first release of this distribution.

   archive
       The filename of the archive file for this release.

   version
       The release's version.

   version_numified
       The numified form of the release's version.

   deprecated
       The deprecated field value for this release.

   distribution
       The name of the distribution to which this release belongs. Something like "Moose"

   abstract
       The abstract from this release's metadata.

   dependency
       This is an arrayref of hashrefs. Each hashref contains the following keys:

       •   phase

           The phase to which this dependency belongs. This will be one of "configure", "build",
           "runtime", "test", or "develop".

       •   relationship

           This will be one of "requires", "recommends", or "suggests".

       •   module

           The name of the module which is depended on.

       •   version

           The required version of the dependency. This may be 0, indicating that any version is
           acceptable.

   license
       An arrayref containing the license(s) under which this release has been made available.
       These licenses are represented by strings like "perl_5" or "gpl2".

   provides
       This an arrayref containing a list of all the modules provided by this distribution.

   metadata
       This is a hashref containing metadata provided by the distribution. The exact contents of
       this hashref will vary across CPAN, but should largely conform to the spec defined by
       CPAN::Meta::Spec.

   resources
       The resources portion of the release's metadata, returned as a hashref.

   stat
       A hashref containing "stat()" all information about the release's archive file. The keys
       are:

       •   mtime

           The Unix epoch of the file's last modified time.

       •   mode

           The file's mode (as an integer, not an octal representation).

       •   size

           The file's size in bytes.

   tests
       Returns a hashref of information about CPAN testers results for this release. The keys are
       "pass", "fail", "unknown", and "na". The values are the count of that particular result on
       CPAN Testers for this release.

METHODS

   changes
       Returns the Changes text for the release.

   metacpan_url
       Returns a link to the release page on MetaCPAN.

   contributors
       Returns a structure with release contributors info.

AUTHORS

       •   Sawyer X <xsawyerx@cpan.org>

       •   Mickey Nasriachi <mickey@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Sawyer X.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.