NAME Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Prereqs::Soften - Downgrade listed dependencies to recommendations if present. VERSION version 0.004000 SYNOPSIS [Prereqs::Soften] module = Foo module = Bar This module iterates "build", "require" and "test" dependency lists and migrates dependencies found in ".requires" and demotes them to ".recommends" Optionally, it can duplicate softened dependencies to other locations ATTRIBUTES "modules" A "multi-value" argument that specifies a module name to soften in "prereqs". "to_relationship" The output relationship kind. Default: 'recommends' Valid Values: 'recommends', 'suggests', 'requires', 'conflicts' Though the last two are reserved for people with "$num_feet > 2" or with shotguns that only fire blanks. "copy_to" Additional places to copy the dependency to: Default: [] Example: [Prereqs::Soften] copy_to = develop.requires to_relationship = recommends module = Foo This in effect means: remove from: runtime.requires → add to: develop.requires → add to: runtime.recommends remove from: test.requires → add to: develop.requires → add to: test.recommends remove from: build.requires → add to: develop.requires → add to: build.recommends "modules_from_features" This is for use in conjunction with "[OptionalFeature]", or anything that injects compatible structures into "distmeta". Recommended usage as follows: [OptionalFeature / Etc] ... [Prereqs::Soften] modules_from_features = 1 In this example, "copy_to" and "modules" are both redundant, as "modules" are propagated from all features, and "copy_to" is not necessary because "[OptionalFeature]" automatically adds dependencies to "develop.requires" AUTHOR Kent Fredric COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Kent Fredric . This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.