30 abr 2022

(cccxc) 15 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::cpanminus - get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN
    • Version: 1.7046 on 2022-04-27
    • Votes: 262
    • Previous version: 1.7045 was 3 months before
  2. App::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
    • Version: 0.997011 on 2022-04-26
    • Votes: 57
    • Previous version: 0.997010 was 9 days before
  3. App::pmuninstall - Uninstall modules
    • Version: 0.33 on 2022-04-30
    • Votes: 35
    • Previous version: 0.30 was 8 years, 10 months, 27 days before
  4. Devel::CheckOS - a script to package Devel::AssertOS modules with your code.
    • Version: 1.93 on 2022-04-25
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 1.91 was 4 days before
  5. experimental - Experimental features made easy
    • Version: 0.028 on 2022-04-26
    • Votes: 30
    • Previous version: 0.027 was 2 months, 18 days before
  6. Future::AsyncAwait - deferred subroutine syntax for futures
    • Version: 0.58 on 2022-04-29
    • Votes: 42
    • Previous version: 0.57 was 1 month, 13 days before
  7. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
    • Version: 1.014 on 2022-04-28
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 1.012 was 1 year, 10 months, 14 days before
  8. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.64 on 2022-04-26
    • Votes: 155
    • Previous version: 6.62 was 21 days before
  9. List::UtilsBy - higher-order list utility functions
    • Version: 0.12 on 2022-04-29
    • Votes: 34
    • Previous version: 0.11 was 4 years, 2 months, 29 days before
  10. Minion - Job queue
    • Version: 10.24 on 2022-04-28
    • Votes: 89
    • Previous version: 10.23 was 3 months, 8 days before
  11. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.25 on 2022-04-28
    • Votes: 468
    • Previous version: 9.24 was 10 days before
  12. Template::Toolkit - comprehensive template processing system
    • Version: 3.100 on 2022-04-26
    • Votes: 136
    • Previous version: 3.010 was 4 months, 13 days before
  13. Test::WWW::Mechanize - Testing-specific WWW::Mechanize subclass
    • Version: 1.58 on 2022-04-29
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 1.54 was 1 year, 4 months, 20 days before
  14. Text::Template - Expand template text with embedded Perl
    • Version: 1.61 on 2022-04-28
    • Votes: 22
    • Previous version: 1.60 was 7 months, 25 days before
  15. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.07 on 2022-04-29
    • Votes: 90
    • Previous version: 2.06 was 6 months, 4 days before

(div) metacpan weekly report - Email::Simple

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 49

Week's winners (+3): Email::Simple 

Build date: 2022/04/30 20:48:36 GMT


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(dxxxii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-04-30 20:45:48 GMT


  1. Autoload'd calls fail via Inline::Perl5 in Raku - [6/1]
  2. Why is `splice(@_, 0, shift)` safe? - [5/1]
  3. Need help to create XML file using perl XML::LibXML - [2/1]
  4. How do i use \ (backslash) in a here-doc and have it show up when I print? - [2/1]
  5. How to `send_error` from `before` hook at dancer? - [2/0]

23 abr 2022

(ccclxxxix) 15 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::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
    • Version: 0.997010 on 2022-04-17
    • Votes: 57
    • Previous version: 0.997009 was 1 month, 16 days before
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.052005 on 2022-04-22
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.052003 was 9 days before
  3. Applify - Write object oriented scripts with ease
    • Version: 0.23 on 2022-04-21
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 0.22 was 1 year, 6 months, 8 days before
  4. CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
    • Version: 2.34 on 2022-04-17
    • Votes: 33
    • Previous version: 2.33 was 21 days before
  5. DateTime - A date and time object for Perl
    • Version: 1.58 on 2022-04-18
    • Votes: 204
    • Previous version: 1.57 was 1 month, 15 days before
  6. Devel::CheckOS - require that we are running on a particular OS
    • Version: 1.91 on 2022-04-21
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 1.87 was 10 months, 27 days before
  7. Dumbbench - More reliable benchmarking with the least amount of thinking
    • Version: 0.503 on 2022-04-21
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 0.501 was 1 year, 2 months, 6 days before
  8. local::lib - create and use a local lib/ for perl modules with PERL5LIB
    • Version: 2.000029 on 2022-04-20
    • Votes: 85
    • Previous version: 2.000028 was 6 months, 3 days before
  9. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20220420 on 2022-04-20
    • Votes: 37
    • Previous version: 5.20220320 was 1 month before
  10. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.24 on 2022-04-18
    • Votes: 468
    • Previous version: 9.23 was 24 days before
  11. Net::GitHub - Perl Interface for github.com
    • Version: 1.03 on 2022-04-17
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 1.02 was 7 months, 9 days before
  12. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
    • Version: 1.273 on 2022-04-22
    • Votes: 55
    • Previous version: 1.272 was 2 months, 20 days before
  13. Prima - a perl graphic toolkit
    • Version: 1.65 on 2022-04-20
    • Votes: 34
    • Previous version: 1.63 was 7 months, 10 days before
  14. SPVM - Static Perl Virtual Machine. Fast Calculation, Fast Array Operation, and Easy C/C++ Binding.
    • Version: 0.9513 on 2022-04-22
    • Votes: 25
    • Previous version: 0.9510 was 17 days before
  15. Test::Harness - contributing to TAP::Harness
    • Version: 3.44 on 2022-04-17
    • Votes: 57
    • Previous version: 3.42 was 4 years, 29 days before

(diii) metacpan weekly report - App::Sqitch

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 55

Week's winner: App::Sqitch (+2)

Build date: 2022/04/23 18:11:06 GMT


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(dxxxi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-04-23 18:09:33 GMT


  1. Is there a way to allow multiple connections to Dancer2 - [4/3]
  2. Bash variable of name starting with 'DYLD' is not loaded into environment: bug or feature? - [4/1]
  3. Decrypt obfuscated perl script on hacked site - [3/4]
  4. How can i use connection pool in perl-redis - [3/0]
  5. Can I pass the code reference of an object's method in Perl? - [1/3]

16 abr 2022

(ccclxxxviii) 9 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: 2.052003 on 2022-04-13
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 2.052002 was 1 month, 13 days before
  2. Code::TidyAll - Engine for tidyall, your all-in-one code tidier and validator
    • Version: 0.82 on 2022-04-15
    • Votes: 37
    • Previous version: 0.81 was 1 month, 26 days before
  3. Config::General - Generic Config Module
    • Version: 2.65 on 2022-04-10
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 2.63 was 5 years, 8 months, 12 days before
  4. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
    • Version: 2.106 on 2022-04-12
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.105 was 3 days before
  5. JIRA::REST - Thin wrapper around Jira's REST API
    • Version: 0.023 on 2022-04-10
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 0.022 was 3 months, 22 days before
  6. JSON::PP - JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.
    • Version: 4.08 on 2022-04-10
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 4.07 was 3 months, 24 days before
  7. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.078 on 2022-04-10
    • Votes: 45
    • Previous version: 2.077 was 25 days before
  8. Raisin - A REST API microframework for Perl.
    • Version: 0.94 on 2022-04-12
    • Votes: 42
    • Previous version: 0.93 was 11 months, 7 days before
  9. Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of arrays
    • Version: 3.31 on 2022-04-12
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 3.30 was 7 years, 1 month, 1 day before

(dii) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 39

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2022/04/16 15:01:28 GMT


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(dxxx) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
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Build date: 2022-04-16 15:00:31 GMT


  1. How to grep multi line string with new line characters or tab characters or spaces - [2/7]
  2. How to look for a node by id in the Perl Graph.pm module? - [2/1]
  3. In Perl Windows, how do you replace everything after a word? - [2/1]
  4. Invoke and control GDB from perl - [2/1]
  5. Replace all occurances of a character unless surrounded by two different patterns - [2/1]

9 abr 2022

(ccclxxxvii) 9 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. Devel::MAT - Perl Memory Analysis Tool
    • Version: 0.47 on 2022-04-02
    • Votes: 28
    • Previous version: 0.46 was 4 days before
  2. Encode - character encodings in Perl
    • Version: 3.17 on 2022-04-07
    • Votes: 55
    • Previous version: 3.16 was 5 months, 25 days before
  3. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
    • Version: 2.103 on 2022-04-03
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.102 was 1 year, 1 month, 3 days before
  4. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.62 on 2022-04-05
    • Votes: 154
    • Previous version: 6.61 was 2 months, 15 days before
  5. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
    • Version: 0.64 on 2022-04-02
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.63 was 26 days before
  6. Prima - a perl graphic toolkit
    • Version: 1.64 on 2022-04-09
    • Votes: 33
    • Previous version: 1.63 was 6 months, 29 days before
  7. SPVM - Static Perl Virtual Machine. Fast Calculation, Fast Array Operation, and Easy C/C++ Binding.
    • Version: 0.9510 on 2022-04-05
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 0.9509 was 13 days before
  8. SQL::Abstract::More - extension of SQL::Abstract with more constructs and more flexible API
    • Version: 1.38 on 2022-04-03
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 1.37 was 1 year, 2 months, 5 days before
  9. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000124 on 2022-04-08
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 1.000114 was 15 days before

(di) metacpan weekly report - Object::Pad

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 56

Week's winner: Object::Pad (+2)

Build date: 2022/04/09 12:31:31 GMT


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(dxxix) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-04-09 12:25:43 GMT


  1. What does this perl snippet with unary plus do? join( '/', splice @t, 0, +@d ) - [4/3]
  2. Can I have a Perl script, initiated from a browser, fork itself, and not wait for the child to end? - [3/2]
  3. Call srand only once when loading perl modules - [3/1]
  4. XML::Twig Match handler tag using regex (perl v5.30.3 XML Twig v3.52) - [2/1]
  5. How can I pass a reference of an array defined as constant? - [2/1]

2 abr 2022

(ccclxxxvi) 3 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. CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
    • Version: 2.33 on 2022-03-27
    • Votes: 33
    • Previous version: 2.29 was 4 months, 4 days before
  2. Devel::MAT - Perl Memory Analysis Tool
    • Version: 0.46 on 2022-03-29
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.45 was 1 month, 3 days before
  3. HTML::Parser - HTML parser class
    • Version: 3.78 on 2022-03-28
    • Votes: 43
    • Previous version: 3.77 was 13 days before

(dxxviii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-04-02 13:20:19 GMT


  1. translate pcregrep into Perl one-liner - [2/3]
  2. In Moose, how to specify constructor arguments for the superclass in a subclass? - [2/2]
  3. How to extract 2+ character words from string in perl - [2/2]
  4. Why can memory leaking by cross-reference be solved by explicit reassignment in Perl? - [2/1]
  5. How to force LWP::UserAgent to make a request only once to a Basic Authentication Scheme - [2/0]