Thanks for pointing out perl-reversion, it's worth trying/considering as a substitute of my munging process.

Re the third place, that part is actually taken care automatically by Dist::Zilla or Milla, so that is not a problem in my context. These tools are amazing at freeing my mind from most of the workflow!

I get it that you also value a VERSION section in the POD. I wonder how useful/used it is though?