(cdlxxii) 10 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::lcpan - Manage your local CPAN mirror
   • Version: 1.072 on 2023-12-02, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.071 was 1 year, 2 months, 13 days before
   • Author: PERLANCAR
2. Date::Manip - Date manipulation routines
   • Version: 6.93 on 2023-12-01, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.92 was 5 months, 24 days before
   • Author: SBECK
3. DBD::mysql - A MySQL driver for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
   • Version: 5.003 on 2023-12-01, with 54 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.002 was 1 month, 8 days before
   • Author: DVEEDEN
4. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.021 on 2023-12-01, with 63 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.020 was 19 days before
   • Author: TONYC
5. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
   • Version: 2.002000 on 2023-12-02, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.001001 was 11 days before
   • Author: PJACKLAM
6. Minion - Job queue
   • Version: 10.28 on 2023-11-28, with 104 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.27 was 8 days before
   • Author: SRI
7. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20231129 on 2023-11-29, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20231120 was 9 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
8. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.41 on 2023-11-27, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.40 was 2 months, 28 days before
   • Author: NLNETLABS
9. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
   • Version: 1.302198 on 2023-11-30, with 190 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.302196 was 1 month, 6 days before
   • Author: EXODIST
10. Text::CSV - comma-separated values manipulator (using XS or PurePerl)
• Version: 2.04 on 2023-12-02, with 79 votes
• Previous CPAN version: 2.03 was 3 months, 22 days before
• Author: ISHIGAKI

Also, perl had 3 new releases:

1. perl-5.34.3 - The Perl 5 language interpreter
   • Version: 5.034003 on 2023-11-29, with 421 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.34.2 was 4 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
2. perl-5.36.3 - The Perl 5 language interpreter
   • Version: 5.036003 on 2023-11-29, with 421 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.36.2 was 4 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
3. perl-5.38.2 - The Perl 5 language interpreter
   • Version: 5.038002 on 2023-11-29, with 421 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.38.1a was 4 days before
   • Author: PEVANS

(dlxxiii) metacpan weekly report - TAP::Formatter::GitHubActions

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 167

Week's winner: TAP::Formatter::GitHubActions (+3)

Build date: 2023/12/02 20:37:22 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• AnyEvent::Pg - Query a PostgreSQL database asynchronously
• AnyEvent::Run - Run a process or coderef asynchronously
• builtin::compat - Provide builtin functions for older perl versions
• Cache::Historical - Cache historical values
• CLI::Simple - Simple command line script accelerator
• Future::XS - experimental XS implementation of Future
• IPC::Transit - A framework for high performance message passing
• jacode -
• libwin32 -
• Log::Dispatch::Config - Abstract Configurator class
• Mail::DWIM - Do-What-I-Mean Mailer
• Mojo::Promise::Role::Futurify - Chain a Future from a Mojo::Promise
• Net::DNS::Multicast - Multicast extension to Net::DNS
• Socket::Mmsg - Perl extension for recvmmsg and sendmmsg Linux syscalls
• Unix::Syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
• WebService::iThenticate - A library to access the iThenticate web service
• Win32::ShutDown - a perl extension to let you shutdown and/or restart and/or logoff a Windows PC

Increasing its reputation:

• ack (+1=131)
• Algorithm::Combinatorics (+1=26)
• AnyEvent (+1=163)
• AnyEvent::DBI (+1=11)
• AnyEvent::SSH2 (+1=17)
• Apache::ASP (+1=5)
• App::AsciiChart (+1=3)
• Array::Transpose (+1=3)
• autodie (+1=62)
• boolean (+1=21)
• Capture::Tiny (+1=102)
• Carp (+2=70)
• Carton (+1=126)
• Catalyst::Runtime (+1=156)
• Chart (+1=9)
• CHI (+1=58)
• Code::TidyAll (+1=41)
• constant (+2=14)
• Dancer (+1=148)
• Dancer2 (+1=135)
• Data::Clone (+1=11)
• Data::Dumper (+1=102)
• Data::Printer (+1=148)
• Data::Validate::IP (+1=12)
• DateTime (+2=213)
• DateTime::TimeZone (+1=20)
• DBD::Pg (+1=95)
• DBI (+1=270)
• DBIx::Class (+1=287)
• DBM::Deep (+1=29)
• Devel::NYTProf (+2=187)
• Devel::PPPort (+1=12)
• Devel::StackTrace (+1=26)
• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::DynamicPrereqs (+1=3)
• Encode (+1=61)
• EV (+1=47)
• Excel::Writer::XLSX (+1=62)
• ExtUtils::MakeMaker (+1=56)
• File::Find::Wanted (+1=3)
• File::HomeDir (+1=34)
• File::Slurp (+2=74)
• File::Temp (+2=65)
• FindBin (+1=5)
• Function::Parameters (+1=59)
• Getopt::Long (+1=121)
• Getopt::Long::Descriptive (+2=55)
• HTML::Parser (+1=46)
• HTML::Tiny (+1=2)
• HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath (+1=22)
• HTTP::Message (+2=65)
• HTTP::Tiny (+1=112)
• Imager (+1=63)
• IO (+1=62)
• IO::All (+1=68)
• IO::Async (+1=75)
• IO::Async::SSL (+1=4)
• JSON (+1=105)
• JSON::XS (+1=117)
• libwww::perl (+2=166)
• List::MoreUtils (+1=116)
• local::lib (+1=92)
• Log::Any (+1=62)
• Log::Log4perl (+2=106)
• LWP::Protocol::https (+1=20)
• Math::Round (+1=16)
• MCE (+1=103)
• Minion (+2=104)
• Mojo::Pg (+1=73)
• Mojolicious (+1=491)
• Moo (+1=301)
• Moose (+1=328)
• Mouse (+1=61)
• Net::SSH2 (+1=25)
• Net::SSH2::Cisco (+1=3)
• Net::SSLeay (+1=25)
• Object::Pad (+1=41)
• Parallel::ForkManager (+1=95)
• Path::Tiny (+1=184)
• PathTools (+1=80)
• perl (+1=421)
• Perl::Critic (+2=130)
• Perl::Tidy (+1=139)
• PerlPowerTools (+1=37)
• Plack (+1=233)
• Plack::Middleware::Greylist (+1=2)
• Pod::Tidy (+1=4)
• Pod::Usage (+1=45)
• Readonly (+1=21)
• Redis::Namespace (+1=2)
• Regexp::Debugger (+1=56)
• Role::Tiny (+1=69)
• Sereal (+1=63)
• Server::Starter (+1=22)
• Set::Scalar (+1=19)
• Software::License (+1=15)
• SQL::Abstract (+1=74)
• SQL::Abstract::More (+1=21)
• Storable (+1=54)
• Struct::Dumb (+1=15)
• Syntax::Construct (+1=11)
• TAP::Formatter::GitHubActions (+3=3)
• Template::Toolkit (+1=144)
• Term::ANSIColor (+2=65)
• TermReadKey (+1=21)
• Test2::Suite (+1=45)
• Test::Deep (+1=54)
• Test::Harness (+1=62)
• Test::Log::Dispatch (+1=2)
• Test::Pod::Coverage (+1=23)
• Test::Script (+1=9)
• Test::Simple (+1=190)
• Test::Vars (+1=12)
• Test::Version (+1=6)
• Text::CSV (+1=79)
• Text::CSV_XS (+2=100)
• Time::HiRes (+1=61)
• Time::Piece (+1=56)
• TimeDate (+1=28)
• Try::Tiny (+1=175)
• Type::Tiny (+2=138)
• Types::DBIx::Class (+1=2)
• UnQLite (+1=5)
• URI (+1=111)
• WebSocket (+1=2)
• WWW::Mechanize (+2=100)
• XML::LibXML (+1=99)
• XML::Twig (+1=61)
• XSLoader (+2=6)
• YAML (+1=71)
• YAML::LibYAML (+2=56)

(dc) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-12-02 20:34:11 GMT

---

1. Use function value from subquery in WHERE-clause + fetch it with results using DBIx::Class - [4/1]
2. How can I draw a semi-transparent shape on another image with Perl and GD? - [2/1]
3. Warning: Use of uninitialized value $count in concatenation (.) or string at p3_in .pl line 34, <SRC> chunk 140 - [1/2]
4. Emulate Javascript's 32bit signed integer arithmetic to C (or Perl) - some discrepancies - [1/2]
5. Perl pack / unpack bits when it is not multiple by 8 - [1/2]

(cdlxxi) 17 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.070003 on 2023-11-24, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.070001 was 9 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. DBIx::DataModel - UML-based Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework
   • Version: 3.06 on 2023-11-22, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.05 was 3 months, 27 days before
   • Author: DAMI
3. Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!
   • Version: 6.031 on 2023-11-21, with 183 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.030 was 10 months, 2 days before
   • Author: RJBS
4. Getopt::Long::Descriptive - Getopt::Long, but simpler and more powerful
   • Version: 0.112 on 2023-11-21, with 54 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.111 was 10 months, 20 days before
   • Author: RJBS
5. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 12.70 on 2023-11-19, with 40 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 12.60 was 7 months, 14 days before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
6. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
   • Version: 2.001001 on 2023-11-21, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.001000 was 8 days before
   • Author: PJACKLAM
7. Minion - Job queue
   • Version: 10.27 on 2023-11-20, with 102 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.26 was 10 days before
   • Author: SRI
8. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20231120 on 2023-11-20, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20231025 was 26 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
9. perl 5.36.2 - The Perl 5 language interpreter
   • Version: 5.036002 on 2023-11-25, with 419 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.36.1 was 1 year, 7 months, 2 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
10. perl 5.38.1 - The Perl 5 language interpreter
    • Version: 5.038001 on 2023-11-25, with 419 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.38.0 was 4 months, 23 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
11. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.041 on 2023-11-24, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.040 was 1 month, 22 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
12. Software::License - packages that provide templated software licenses
    • Version: 0.104005 on 2023-11-21, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.104004 was 5 months, 28 days before
    • Author: RJBS
13. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989063 on 2023-11-22, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989061 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
14. SQL::Abstract::More - extension of SQL::Abstract with more constructs and more flexible API
    • Version: 1.40 on 2023-11-20, with 21 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.39 was 1 year, 3 months, 29 days before
    • Author: DAMI
15. Sub::Exporter - a sophisticated exporter for custom-built routines
    • Version: 0.991 on 2023-11-24, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990 was 4 months, 2 days before
    • Author: RJBS
16. Text::CSV_XS - Comma-Separated Values manipulation routines
    • Version: 1.53 on 2023-11-23, with 99 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.52 was 2 months, 2 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
17. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
    • Version: 0.72 on 2023-11-21, with 21 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.71 was 6 months, 29 days before
    • Author: CORION

(dxcix) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-11-25 20:24:18 GMT

---

1. Why does =~ only evaluate once? - [6/3]
2. Perl: Sorting multilevel hash with values from inner hash when using Data::Dumper - [3/1]
3. Why is `sort List::Util::uniq(BAR, BAZ);` different from `sort &List::Util::uniq(BAR, BAZ);` - [2/2]
4. Perl Text::CSV_XS treats comment as data when it is the last line - [2/1]
5. Replace all multiple double forward slashes with single forward slash - [1/2]

(cdlxx) 10 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.070001 on 2023-11-15, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.068001 was 14 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. DBM::Deep - A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM that supports transactions
   • Version: 2.0019 on 2023-11-12, with 28 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.0018 was 4 days before
   • Author: DCANTRELL
3. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
   • Version: 1.49 on 2023-11-18, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.77 was 4 years, 4 months, 11 days before
   • Author: DDICK
4. Git::Hooks - Framework for implementing Git (and Gerrit) hooks
   • Version: 3.6.0 on 2023-11-16, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.5.0 was 9 months, 8 days before
   • Author: GNUSTAVO
5. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.020 on 2023-11-12, with 62 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.019 was 1 year, 4 months, 3 days before
   • Author: TONYC
6. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
   • Version: 2.001000 on 2023-11-13, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.000000 was 13 days before
   • Author: PJACKLAM
7. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
   • Version: 0.806 on 2023-11-14, with 41 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.805 was 25 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
8. Regexp::Debugger - Visually debug regexes in-place
   • Version: 0.002007 on 2023-11-18, with 55 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.002006 was 3 years, 2 months, 6 days before
   • Author: DCONWAY
9. SPVM - SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.989061 on 2023-11-14, with 31 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.989060 was 4 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
10. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v9.8.0 on 2023-11-15, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v9.7.0 was 2 months, 8 days before
    • Author: DANBERR

(dlxxii) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 41

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2023/11/18 21:00:04 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::CPANModules::CreatingPaletteOfVisuallyDistinctColors - List of modules to create a palette of visually distinct colors
• builtin::compat - Provide builtin functions for older perl versions
• Net::Doveadm - Dovecot’s administrative interface protocol
• PDL::IO::HDF5 - PDL Interface to the HDF5 Data Format
• Task::BeLike::RWP - Perl modules bundle to install from CPAN

Increasing its reputation:

• App::Asciio (+1=9)
• App::Cronjob (+1=5)
• App::Netdisco (+1=16)
• boolean (+1=20)
• Crypt::Passphrase (+1=15)
• D (+1=2)
• Data::Alias (+1=18)
• DBD::mysql (+1=54)
• Digest (+1=11)
• Digest::MD5 (+1=30)
• Digest::SHA (+1=26)
• Dist::Zilla::Config::Slicer (+1=7)
• File::Path::Tiny (+1=5)
• File::Temp (+1=63)
• Filesys::DiskUsage (+1=4)
• Getopt::Long (+1=120)
• Google::ProtocolBuffers::Dynamic (+1=11)
• grpc::xs (+1=3)
• HTML::Template (+1=16)
• Kossy (+1=7)
• Log::Log4perl (+1=105)
• Math::BigInt (+1=13)
• Net::Ping (+1=14)
• Parallel::ForkManager (+1=94)
• Paws (+1=57)
• Process::Status (+1=10)
• SNMP::Info (+1=7)
• Sys::Syslog (+1=8)
• Tee (+1=2)
• Term::ExtendedColor (+1=5)
• TermReadKey (+1=20)
• Text::CSV (+1=78)
• Text::CSV::Simple (+1=2)
• Throwable (+1=37)
• Time::Piece (+1=55)
• XML::LibXML (+1=98)

(cdlxix) 11 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. Catmandu - a data toolkit
   • Version: 1.2021 on 2023-11-06, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.2020 was 8 months, 26 days before
   • Author: HOCHSTEN
2. DateTime - A date and time object for Perl
   • Version: 1.65 on 2023-11-06, with 211 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.63 was 15 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
3. DBM::Deep - A pure perl multi-level hash/array DBM that supports transactions
   • Version: 2.0018 on 2023-11-08, with 28 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.0017 was 2 months, 10 days before
   • Author: DCANTRELL
4. Encode - character encodings in Perl
   • Version: 3.20 on 2023-11-10, with 59 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.19 was 1 year, 3 months, 6 days before
   • Author: DANKOGAI
5. Getopt::Long - Module to handle parsing command line options
   • Version: 2.57 on 2023-11-11, with 119 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.54 was 11 months, 24 days before
   • Author: JV
6. IO::Socket::SSL - Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET.
   • Version: 2.084 on 2023-11-06, with 47 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.083 was 5 months, 19 days before
   • Author: SULLR
7. Minion - Job queue
   • Version: 10.26 on 2023-11-10, with 102 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.25 was 1 year, 4 months, 16 days before
   • Author: SRI
8. Module::ScanDeps - Recursively scan Perl code for dependencies
   • Version: 1.35 on 2023-11-05, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.34 was 1 month, 11 days before
   • Author: RSCHUPP
9. Spreadsheet::Read - Meta-Wrapper for reading spreadsheet data
   • Version: 0.88 on 2023-11-07, with 30 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.87 was 8 months, 13 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
10. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989060 on 2023-11-10, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989058 was 10 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
11. YAML::PP - YAML 1.2 Processor
    • Version: v0.37.0 on 2023-11-09, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.036 was 5 months, 30 days before
    • Author: TINITA

(cdlxviii) 10 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.068001 on 2023-11-01, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.068000 was 5 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. CGI - Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses
   • Version: 4.60 on 2023-11-01, with 42 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.59 was 30 days before
   • Author: LEEJO
3. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
   • Version: 2.000000 on 2023-10-31, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.999842 was 1 month, 4 days before
   • Author: PJACKLAM
4. MetaCPAN::Client - A comprehensive, DWIM-featured client to the MetaCPAN API
   • Version: 2.031000 on 2023-10-31, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.030000 was 1 year, 2 months, 9 days before
   • Author: MICKEY
5. Minion::Backend::mysql - MySQL backend
   • Version: 1.004 on 2023-10-31, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.003 was 1 month, 10 days before
   • Author: PREACTION
6. PAR - Perl Archive Toolkit
   • Version: 1.019 on 2023-11-01, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.018 was 1 year, 1 month, 3 days before
   • Author: RSCHUPP
7. Pod::Markdown - Convert POD to Markdown
   • Version: 3.400 on 2023-10-29, with 32 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.300 was 2 years, 11 months, 29 days before
   • Author: RWSTAUNER
8. Prima - a Perl graphic toolkit
   • Version: 1.71 on 2023-10-29, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.70 was 1 month, 26 days before
   • Author: KARASIK
9. SPVM - SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.989058 on 2023-10-31, with 31 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.989055 was 4 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
10. Text::MultiMarkdown - Convert MultiMarkdown syntax to (X)HTML
    • Version: 1.002 on 2023-10-31, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.001 was 2 months, 23 days before
    • Author: BDFOY

(dlxxi) metacpan weekly report - perl

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 30

Week's winner: perl (+2)

Build date: 2023/11/04 20:52:59 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::PPIx::MetaSyntactic - rename functions and variables in a PPI::Document using Acme::MetaSyntactic
• Getopt::Alt - Command line option passing with with lots of features
• libapreq - Apache Request C Library
• OpenTelemetry - A Perl implementation of the OpenTelemetry standard
• OpenTelemetry::SDK - An implementation of the OpenTelemetry SDK for Perl
• Parallel::DataPipe - Parallel Data Processing Conveyor
• Twitter::ID - Parse the date from a Twitter Snowflake ID

Increasing its reputation:

• ack (+1=130)
• Acme::CPANAuthors (+1=4)
• App::cpangrep (+1=7)
• App::cpm (+1=70)
• App::Wax (+1=2)
• DateTime::Format::Pg (+1=13)
• DBIx::Class::Schema::ResultSetNames (+1=5)
• Encode (+1=59)
• GitLab::API::v4 (+1=9)
• grpc::xs (+1=2)
• List::Priority (+1=2)
• MetaCPAN::Client (+1=24)
• Mojolicious (+1=490)
• perl (+2=419)
• Perl::Dist::APPerl (+1=8)
• Scope::Guard (+1=18)
• SVG (+1=18)
• Template::Toolkit (+1=143)
• UniEvent (+1=3)
• Util::H2O (+1=10)
• Util::H2O::More (+1=4)
• Webservice::Judobase (+1=2)