28 may 2022

(cccxciv) 18 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. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
    • Version: 4.29 on 2022-05-27
    • Votes: 40
    • Previous version: 4.28 was 22 days before
  2. Devel::REPL - A modern perl interactive shell
    • Version: 1.003029 on 2022-05-28
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 1.003028 was 6 years, 3 months, 12 days before
  3. Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!
    • Version: 6.025 on 2022-05-28
    • Votes: 176
    • Previous version: 6.024 was 9 months, 27 days before
  4. JSON - JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder
    • Version: 4.06 on 2022-05-22
    • Votes: 96
    • Previous version: 4.05 was 4 months, 8 days before
  5. JSON::PP - JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.
    • Version: 4.09 on 2022-05-22
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 4.08 was 1 month, 12 days before
  6. Net::FTP - Collection of network protocol modules
    • Version: 3.14 on 2022-05-22
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 3.13 was 1 year, 4 months, 30 days before
  7. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
    • Version: 1.879 on 2022-05-24
    • Votes: 90
    • Previous version: 1.878 was 3 months, 4 days before
  8. MCE::Shared - MCE extension for sharing data supporting threads and processes
    • Version: 1.877 on 2022-05-24
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 1.876 was 3 months, 4 days before
  9. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20220527 on 2022-05-28
    • Votes: 38
    • Previous version: 5.20220420 was 1 month, 8 days before
  10. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.26 on 2022-05-23
    • Votes: 469
    • Previous version: 9.25 was 25 days before
  11. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.080 on 2022-05-28
    • Votes: 45
    • Previous version: 2.079 was 25 days before
  12. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
    • Version: 0.82 on 2022-05-22
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 0.74 was 6 years, 5 months, 17 days before
  13. perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
    • Version: 5.036000 on 2022-05-28
    • Votes: 395
    • Previous version: 5.34.1 was 2 months, 15 days before
  14. Pod::Parser - Modules for parsing/translating POD format documents
    • Version: 1.65 on 2022-05-21
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 1.63 was 7 years, 3 months, 11 days before
  15. Pod::Usage - extracts POD documentation and shows usage information
    • Version: 2.03 on 2022-05-21
    • Votes: 42
    • Previous version: 2.01 was 1 year, 7 months, 8 days before
  16. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.96 on 2022-05-26
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9517 was 7 days before
  17. Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
    • Version: 2.05 on 2022-05-22
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.04 was 1 year, 5 months, 11 days before
  18. Text::CSV_XS - Comma-Separated Values manipulation routines
    • Version: 1.48 on 2022-05-25
    • Votes: 94
    • Previous version: 1.47 was 5 months, 4 days before

(dviii) metacpan weekly report - PerlPowerTools

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 40

Week's winner (+3): PerlPowerTools

Build date: 2022/05/28 20:34:43 GMT


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(dxxxvi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-05-28 20:33:05 GMT


  1. Do latter keys in an hash assignment from an array always override earlier keys? - [3/2]
  2. "dzil test" isn't copying my perltidyrc file - [3/1]
  3. Testing Perl on Windows with github actions - [3/1]
  4. Matching Dollar Sign in Perl String - [2/2]
  5. Can I enable a `$DB::single =1` breakpoint conditionally from a program? - [2/2]

21 may 2022

(cccxciii) 7 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: 2.052006 on 2022-05-17
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.052005 was 25 days before
  2. App::perlbrew - Manage perl installations in your $HOME
    • Version: 0.95 on 2022-05-15
    • Votes: 168
    • Previous version: 0.94 was 5 months, 11 days before
  3. DBIx::Class - Extensible and flexible object <-> relational mapper.
    • Version: 0.082843 on 2022-05-17
    • Votes: 279
    • Previous version: 0.08271 was 5 years, 11 months before
  4. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.66 on 2022-05-18
    • Votes: 156
    • Previous version: 6.65 was 9 days before
  5. Modern::Perl - enable all of the features of Modern Perl with one import
    • Version: 1.20220515 on 2022-05-15
    • Votes: 47
    • Previous version: 1.20200211 was 2 years, 3 months, 4 days before
  6. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9517 on 2022-05-19
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9516 was 8 days before
  7. SVG - Perl extension for generating Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) documents.
    • Version: 2.87 on 2022-05-19
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 2.86 was 1 year, 27 days before

(dvii) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 54

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2022/05/21 13:37:15 GMT


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(dxxxv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-05-21 13:35:54 GMT


  1. How do you match \' - [3/2]
  2. Problem accessing hash imported from CSV in Perl - [2/2]
  3. Perl Split Function - How to assign a specify array value to a variable in one line - [1/1]
  4. Perl - substring keywords - [1/1]
  5. Perl print does not output to screen (when using Socket) - [1/1]

14 may 2022

(cccxcii) 7 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: 1.070 on 2022-05-09
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 1.069 was 3 days before
  2. Carmel - CPAN Artifact Repository Manager
    • Version: v0.1.56 on 2022-05-11
    • Votes: 23
    • Previous version: v0.1.46 was 4 days before
  3. Kelp - A web framework light, yet rich in nutrients.
    • Version: 1.06 on 2022-05-09
    • Votes: 44
    • Previous version: 1.05 was 1 year, 3 months, 19 days before
  4. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.65 on 2022-05-09
    • Votes: 156
    • Previous version: 6.64 was 13 days before
  5. Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool
    • Version: v3.1.18 on 2022-05-10
    • Votes: 54
    • Previous version: v3.1.17 was 9 days before
  6. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
    • Version: 0.65 on 2022-05-10
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.64 was 1 month, 8 days before
  7. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9516 on 2022-05-11
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9514 was 10 days before

(dvi) metacpan weekly report - Carmel

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 37

Week's winner: Carmel (+5)

Build date: 2022/05/14 13:08:54 GMT


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(dxxxiv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-05-14 13:07:34 GMT


  1. Why does Types::Standard break Scalar::Util::readonly? - [4/1]
  2. Perl regex - print only modified line (like sed -n 's///p') - [3/2]
  3. multi replace in postgresql query using perl - [2/3]
  4. Perl dynamic / symbolic function reference - [2/2]
  5. How to open a filehandle with an existing variable in perl? - [2/2]

7 may 2022

(cccxci) 14 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: 1.069 on 2022-05-07
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 1.068 was 11 months, 2 days before
  2. Carmel - CPAN Artifact Repository Manager
    • Version: v0.1.45 on 2022-05-07
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: v0.1.39 was 2 months, 22 days before
  3. Carton - Perl module dependency manager (aka Bundler for Perl)
    • Version: v1.0.35 on 2022-05-07
    • Votes: 110
    • Previous version: v1.0.34 was 3 years, 10 months, 9 days before
  4. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
    • Version: 4.28 on 2022-05-05
    • Votes: 40
    • Previous version: 4.27 was 6 months, 22 days before
  5. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
    • Version: 1.015 on 2022-05-07
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 1.014 was 9 days before
  6. IO - Perl core IO modules
    • Version: 1.50 on 2022-05-03
    • Votes: 56
    • Previous version: 1.48 was 8 months, 2 days before
  7. Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool
    • Version: v3.1.17 on 2022-05-01
    • Votes: 54
    • Previous version: v3.1.16 was 1 month, 19 days before
  8. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.079 on 2022-05-03
    • Votes: 45
    • Previous version: 2.078 was 23 days before
  9. Perl::Build - perl builder
    • Version: 1.33 on 2022-05-05
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 1.32 was 1 year, 1 month, 26 days before
  10. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
    • Version: 1.274 on 2022-05-02
    • Votes: 55
    • Previous version: 1.273 was 10 days before
  11. Selenium::Remote::Driver - Perl Client for Selenium Remote Driver
    • Version: 1.47 on 2022-05-05
    • Votes: 44
    • Previous version: 1.46 was 5 months, 1 day before
  12. SPVM - Static Perl Virtual Machine. Fast Calculation, Fast Array Operation, and Easy C/C++ Binding.
    • Version: 0.9514 on 2022-05-02
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9513 was 14 days before
  13. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v8.3.0 on 2022-05-04
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: v8.1.0 was 2 months, 3 days before
  14. Toadfarm - One Mojolicious app to rule them all
    • Version: 0.84 on 2022-05-02
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 0.83 was 10 months, 15 days before

(dv) metacpan weekly report - Carmel

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 47

Week's winner: Carmel (+3)

Build date: 2022/05/07 14:06:16 GMT


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(dxxxiii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-05-07 14:04:39 GMT


  1. Wrapping delimited lines, retaining first column, with minimum final length - [4/7]
  2. Using sed with back-references calculated - [2/3]
  3. what the following syntax means in perl? - [2/2]
  4. How to check if a client has disconnected? - [2/1]
  5. Perl ImageMagick: how to disable printing of command output? - [2/1]