web

This is the bugtracker URL. It defaults to the CPAN RT URL, so it equivalent to:

    [Bugtracker]
    web = http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=%s

See "interpolate()" for more information.

mailto

This is the optional email address to which bug reports can be sent. If the CPAN RT bugtracker is used, the email address defaults to "bug-%l at rt.cpan.org" - see "interpolate()" for what this means.

If a different bugtracker URL is used, the email address is only included in the metadata if it is explicitly given.

In the following examples, assume that the distribution is called "Foo-Bar".

Example 1:

    [Bugtracker]

will produce the defaults:

    web:    http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Foo-Bar
    mailto: bug-foo-bar at rt.cpan.org

Example 2:

To suppress the "mailto" from example 1, use:

    [Bugtracker]
    mailto =

Example 3:

    [Bugtracker]
    web = http://github.com/me/%s/issues

will only produce a "web" entry, but not a "mailto" entry:

    web: http://github.com/me/Foo-Bar/issues

Example 4:

    [Bugtracker]
    mailto = me@example.org

will produce:

    web:    http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Foo-Bar
    mailto: me@example.org

Example 5:

    [Bugtracker]
    web = http://github.com/me/%s/issues
    mailto = bug-%U@example.org

will only produce a "web" entry, but not a "mailto" entry:

    web:    http://github.com/me/Foo-Bar/issues
    mailto: bug-FOO-BAR@example.org

See CPAN::Meta::Spec <http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN-Meta/lib/CPAN/Meta/Spec.pm#resources> for more information.

interpolate

Both the "web" and "mailto" strings are interpolated as follows:

    %s  The distribution name as is (e.g., 'Foo-Bar')
    %l  The distribution name in lowercase (e.g., 'foo-bar')
    %U  The distribution name in uppercase (e.g., 'FOO-BAR')
    %%  A literal '%' sign

metadata

Sets the bugtracker URL and possibly email address in the distribution's metadata.