a blob of data and if it looks like a zip or a tarball
# tries to extract a META.json or META.yml and return its content
# (or the empty string if not found), otherwis
.
my $file_data = shift;
my $meta_file_re = qr/^([^\/]+\/)?META\.(json|yml)/;
my $rval = '';
# We should be able to avoid writing to di
ar = Archive::Tar->new(shift());
# sort to ensure that we get JSON by preference, META.json
# often contains more info
if(my @me