Hoe::Halostatue is a [Hoe][hoe] meta-plugin that provides improved support for Markdown README files, provides features from other plugins, and enables improved support for [trusted publishing][tp]. Hoe::Halostatue 3.0 incorporates functionality derived from [`hoe-gemspec2`][hgs2] with more support for [reproducible builds][rb] and replaces [`hoe-markdown`][hmd] with an internal implementation.