I've received substantial help at irc.perl.org in the #distzilla channel. Not gonna lie, I treat dzil shamefully as a fat kid treats his 500 snicker bar strong candy stash. It really makes distributing to CPAN a breeze, but I always feel disgusted with myself after doing anything that is not "textbook". Then there's the "be like whomever author specific" minting bundles shitting up CPAN. Don't get me started. Need to go shower now. lol