My questions: Has anyone asked packagers who package CPAN distros for e.g. Linux distros about this seemingly gratuitous change/new recommended practice?

I'm not sure who those guys are, but I'm fairly certain they're not responsible :)

How do I get rid of the v in the distro name?

See Module::Build 

my $build = Module::Build->new(
   dist_name => 'Foo-Bar',
   dist_version => '1.04',
...
);

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or see ExtUtils::MakeMaker 
WriteMakefile(
    DISTNAME => 'Foo-Bar',
    DISTVNAME => 'Foo-Bar-1.04',
    ...
)

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With above parameters, both will create distdir Foo-Bar-1.04 and dist Foo-Bar-1.04.tar.gz

In reply to Re: v in distro name by Anonymous Monk
in thread v in distro name by Anonymous Monk

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