NAME Pod::Weaver::Section::Support - Add a SUPPORT section to your POD VERSION This document describes v1.004 of Pod::Weaver::Section::Support - released April 21, 2011 as part of Pod-Weaver-Section-Support. DESCRIPTION This section plugin will produce a hunk of pod that lists the various ways to get support for this module. It will do this only if it is being built with Dist::Zilla because it needs the data from the dzil object. If you have Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Repository enabled in your dist.ini, be sure to check the repository_link attribute! This is added ONLY to the main module's POD, because it would be a waste of space to add it to all modules in the dist. For an example of what the hunk looks like, look at the "SUPPORT" section in this POD :) ATTRIBUTES all_modules Enable this if you want to add the SUPPORT section to all the modules in a dist, not only the main one. The default is false. perldoc Specify if you want the paragraph explaining about perldoc to be displayed or not. The default is true. bugs Specify the bugtracker you want to use. You can use the CPAN RT tracker or your own, specified in the metadata. Valid options are: "rt", "metadata", or "none" If you pick the "rt" option, this module will generate a predefined block of text explaining how to use the RT system. If you pick the "metadata" option, this module will check the Dist::Zilla metadata for the bugtracker to display. Be sure to verify that your metadata contains both 'web' and 'mailto' keys if you want to use them in the content! The default is "rt". bugs_content Specify the content for the bugs section. Please put the "{EMAIL}" and "{WEB}" placeholders somewhere! The default is a sufficient explanation (see "SUPPORT"). websites Specify what website links you want to see. This is an array, and you can pick any combination. You can also specify it as a comma-delimited string. The ordering of the options are important, as they are reflected in the final POD. Valid options are: "none", "search", "rt", "anno", "ratings", "forum", "kwalitee", "testers", "testmatrix", "deps" and "all". The default is "all". # Where the links go to: search - http://search.cpan.org/dist/$dist rt - http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=$dist anno - http://annocpan.org/dist/$dist ratings - http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/$dist forum - http://cpanforum.com/dist/$dist kwalitee - http://cpants.perl.org/dist/overview/$dist testers - http://cpantesters.org/distro/$first_char/$dist testmatrix - http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=$dist deps - http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=$module # in weaver.ini [Support] websites = search websites = forum websites = testers , testmatrix P.S. If you know other websites that I should include here, please let me know! websites_content Specify the content to be displayed before the website list. The default is a sufficient explanation (see "SUPPORT"). irc Specify an IRC server/channel/nick for online support. You can specify as many networks/channels as you want. The ordering of the options are important, as they are reflected in the final POD. You specify a network, then a list of channels/nicks to ask for support. The default is none. # in weaver.ini [Support] irc = irc.home.org, #support, supportbot irc = irc.acme.com, #acmecorp, #acmehelp, #acmenewbies irc_content Specify the content to be displayed before the irc network/channel list. The default is a sufficient explanation (see "SUPPORT"). repository_link Specify which url to use when composing the external link. The value corresponds to the repository meta resources (for dzil v3 with CPAN Meta v2). Valid options are: "url", "web", "both", or "none". "both" will include links to both the "url" and "web" in separate POD paragraphs. "none" will skip the repository item entirely. The default is "both". An error will be thrown if a specified link is not found because if you said that you wanted it you probably expect it to be there. repository_content Specify the content to be displayed before the link to the source code repository. The default is a sufficient explanation (see "SUPPORT"). email Specify an email address here so users can contact you directly for help. If you supply a string without '@' in it, we assume it is a PAUSE id and mangle it into 'USER at cpan.org'. The default is none. email_content Specify the content for the email section. Please put the "{EMAIL}" placeholder somewhere! The default is a sufficient explanation ( see "SUPPORT"). SUPPORT Perldoc You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Pod::Weaver::Section::Support Websites The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources. * Search CPAN The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format. * RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN. * AnnoCPAN The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annonations of Perl module documentation. * CPAN Ratings The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and reviews of Perl modules. * CPAN Forum The CPAN Forum is a web forum for discussing Perl modules. * CPANTS The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution. * CPAN Testers The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN distributions. * CPAN Testers Matrix The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual way to determine what Perls/platforms PASSed for a distribution. * CPAN Testers Dependencies The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies for a distribution. Email You can email the author of this module at "APOCAL at cpan.org" asking for help with any problems you have. Internet Relay Chat You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: . Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join those networks/channels and get help: * irc.perl.org You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this channel: #perl-help then talk to this person for help: Apocalypse. * irc.freenode.net You can connect to the server at 'irc.freenode.net' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Apocal. * irc.efnet.org You can connect to the server at 'irc.efnet.org' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Ap0cal. Bugs / Feature Requests Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-pod-weaver-section-support at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system. Source Code The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :) git clone git://github.com/apocalypse/perl-pod-weaver-section-support.git AUTHOR Apocalypse COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Apocalypse. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. 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