29 oct 2022

(cdxvi) 16 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. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
    • Version: 2.72 on 2022-10-26
    • Votes: 22
    • Previous version: 2.71 was 22 days before
  2. DateTime - A date and time object for Perl
    • Version: 1.59 on 2022-10-23
    • Votes: 208
    • Previous version: 1.58 was 6 months, 5 days before
  3. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
    • Version: 2.56 on 2022-10-29
    • Votes: 19
    • Previous version: 2.55 was 17 days before
  4. Devel::CheckOS - a script to package Devel::AssertOS modules with your code.
    • Version: 1.95 on 2022-10-29
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 1.94 was 3 months, 5 days before
  5. Email::Sender - a library for sending email
    • Version: 2.600 on 2022-10-23
    • Votes: 45
    • Previous version: 2.500 was 1 year, 3 months, 19 days before
  6. experimental - Experimental features made easy
    • Version: 0.029 on 2022-10-25
    • Votes: 31
    • Previous version: 0.028 was 5 months, 29 days before
  7. FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
    • Version: 2.03 on 2022-10-28
    • Votes: 57
    • Previous version: 2.02 was 4 days before
  8. Git::Raw - Perl bindings to the Git linkable library (libgit2)
    • Version: 0.90 on 2022-10-27
    • Votes: 31
    • Previous version: 0.88 was 1 year, 2 months, 19 days before
  9. HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
    • Version: 6.44 on 2022-10-26
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 6.43 was 4 days before
  10. JSON::Validator - Validate data against a JSON schema
    • Version: 5.12 on 2022-10-26
    • Votes: 30
    • Previous version: 5.11 was 1 month, 27 days before
  11. Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
    • Version: 1.15 on 2022-10-23
    • Votes: 25
    • Previous version: 1.03 was 10 years, 6 months, 1 day before
  12. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
    • Version: 0.70 on 2022-10-29
    • Votes: 31
    • Previous version: 0.68 was 2 months, 16 days before
  13. OpenAPI::Client - A client for talking to an Open API powered server
    • Version: 1.07 on 2022-10-26
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 1.06 was 1 month, 15 days before
  14. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.081 on 2022-10-25
    • Votes: 47
    • Previous version: 2.019 was 4 years, 5 months, 20 days before
  15. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9659 on 2022-10-28
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9657 was 7 days before
  16. Zydeco - Jazz up your Perl
    • Version: 0.617 on 2022-10-23
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 0.616 was 3 months, 4 days before

(dxxix) metacpan weekly report - Text::Table

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

Week's winner: Text::Table (+3)

Build date: 2022/10/29 19:17:07 GMT


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(dlvii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-10-29 19:15:24 GMT


  1. In Perl POD, what is the proper way to link to an internal function? - [3/3]
  2. Regex only inside multiline match - [2/3]
  3. autovivify non-sequential array/list in Python like Perl - [2/1]
  4. Can't run "compgen -c" from perl script - [1/2]
  5. How can I convert an integer to a float value in Perl? - [1/2]

22 oct 2022

(cdxv) 12 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: 2.057008 on 2022-10-18
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.057007 was 14 days before
  2. Clone - recursively copy Perl datatypes
    • Version: 0.46 on 2022-10-19
    • Votes: 29
    • Previous version: 0.45 was 2 years, 5 months, 26 days before
  3. Future - represent an operation awaiting completion
    • Version: 0.49 on 2022-10-17
    • Votes: 56
    • Previous version: 0.48 was 8 months, 22 days before
  4. GraphViz - Interface to AT&T's GraphViz. Deprecated. See GraphViz2
    • Version: 2.25 on 2022-10-22
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.25 was 2 months, 2 days before
  5. HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
    • Version: 6.43 on 2022-10-22
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 6.41 was 10 days before
  6. Log::Log4perl - Log4j implementation for Perl
    • Version: 1.57 on 2022-10-21
    • Votes: 97
    • Previous version: 1.56 was 1 month, 19 days before
  7. Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
    • Version: 1.14 on 2022-10-15
    • Votes: 25
    • Previous version: 1.14 was before
  8. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20221020 on 2022-10-20
    • Votes: 40
    • Previous version: 5.20220920 was 29 days before
  9. Params::Validate - Validate method/function parameters
    • Version: 1.31 on 2022-10-22
    • Votes: 34
    • Previous version: 1.30 was 2 years, 4 days before
  10. Path::Tiny - File path utility
    • Version: 0.130 on 2022-10-20
    • Votes: 171
    • Previous version: 0.124 was 1 month, 18 days before
  11. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9657 on 2022-10-21
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9655 was 9 days before
  12. Type::Tiny::XS - provides an XS boost for some of Type::Tiny's built-in type constraints
    • Version: 0.025 on 2022-10-19
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 0.022 was 2 years, 24 days before

(dxxviii) metacpan weekly report - Text::Table

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 48

Week's winners (+3): Text::Table 

Build date: 2022/10/22 20:34:40 GMT


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(dlvi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-10-22 20:33:03 GMT


  1. Perl, use regex to find a match and replace just the last character of the match (in this case a line break) - [3/3]
  2. Perl symmetric difference aka disjunctive union of two sets - [2/3]
  3. How to stack function definitions in perl (call them all at once)? - [2/2]
  4. Test::More failing test with equal strings - [2/1]
  5. Why can't I reference a (particular) Perl array as I'd expect? - [2/1]

15 oct 2022

(cdxiv) 13 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::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.304 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 2.303 was 2 months, 21 days before
  2. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
    • Version: 2.55 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 19
    • Previous version: 2.54 was 18 days before
  3. Exporter::Tiny - an exporter with the features of Sub::Exporter but only core dependencies
    • Version: 1.004004 on 2022-10-15
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 1.004003 was 15 days before
  4. HTML::Parser - HTML parser class
    • Version: 3.79 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 43
    • Previous version: 3.78 was 6 months, 15 days before
  5. HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
    • Version: 6.41 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 6.39 was 4 days before
  6. JSON - JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder
    • Version: 4.10 on 2022-10-09
    • Votes: 98
    • Previous version: 4.09 was 2 months, 8 days before
  7. JSON::PP - JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.
    • Version: 4.12 on 2022-10-08
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 4.12 was before
  8. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
    • Version: 1.881 on 2022-10-14
    • Votes: 91
    • Previous version: 1.879 was 4 months, 21 days before
  9. MCE::Shared - MCE extension for sharing data supporting threads and processes
    • Version: 1.878 on 2022-10-10
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 1.877 was 4 months, 17 days before
  10. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.28 on 2022-10-14
    • Votes: 474
    • Previous version: 9.27 was 1 month, 2 days before
  11. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9655 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9654 was 7 days before
  12. Text::Table - Organize Data in Tables
    • Version: 1.135 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 1.134 was 2 years, 4 months, 28 days before
  13. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.16 on 2022-10-12
    • Votes: 105
    • Previous version: 5.13 was 6 days before

(dxxvii) metacpan weekly report - mb::JSON

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 52

Week's winners (+3): mb::JSON

Build date: 2022/10/15 19:56:27 GMT


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(dlv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-10-15 19:54:51 GMT


  1. (Perl) How to turn string into date format and find most recent? - [2/3]
  2. Is there a way to use balloon on radiobutton in Perl Tk? - [2/2]
  3. Why Perl regex doesn't match "\n" with a following character? - [2/1]
  4. Read file into chunks and process the chunks in parallel - [2/1]
  5. Remove string after finding specific character - [1/2]

8 oct 2022

(cdxiii) 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. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
    • Version: 2.71 on 2022-10-04
    • Votes: 22
    • Previous version: 2.70 was 11 days before
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.057007 on 2022-10-04
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.057006 was 4 days before
  3. Devel::MAT - Perl Memory Analysis Tool
    • Version: 0.49 on 2022-10-03
    • Votes: 28
    • Previous version: 0.48 was 1 month, 4 days before
  4. HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
    • Version: 6.39 on 2022-10-08
    • Votes: 61
    • Previous version: 6.37 was 3 months, 24 days before
  5. Minion::Backend::mysql - MySQL backend
    • Version: 1.001 on 2022-10-05
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 1.000 was 9 months, 15 days before
  6. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.35 on 2022-10-04
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 1.34 was 4 months, 5 days before
  7. Net::GitHub - Perl Interface for github.com
    • Version: 1.05 on 2022-10-03
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 1.03 was 5 months, 16 days before
  8. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9654 on 2022-10-05
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9653 was 9 days before
  9. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v8.8.0 on 2022-10-05
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: v8.5.0 was 3 months, 1 day before
  10. Term::ProgressBar - provide a progress meter on a standard terminal
    • Version: 2.23 on 2022-10-08
    • Votes: 28
    • Previous version: 2.22 was 4 years, 4 months, 27 days before
  11. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.13 on 2022-10-06
    • Votes: 105
    • Previous version: 5.12 was 2 months, 27 days before

(dxxvi) metacpan weekly report - cPanel::PublicAPI

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 43

Week's winners (+3): cPanel::PublicAPI

Build date: 2022/10/08 15:32:26 GMT


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(dliv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-10-08 15:31:23 GMT


  1. Force Time::Piece strftime to use a specific locale - [3/1]
  2. How to make numeric warning fatal? - [3/1]
  3. Perl replace content of a file with variable - [3/1]
  4. Perl Regular Expression match ip and host from /etc/hosts - [2/2]
  5. How to format bash SED/AWK/Per output for further processing - [1/6]

1 oct 2022

(cdxii) 13 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: 2.057006 on 2022-09-30
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.057002 was 6 days before
  2. App::Sqitch - Sensible database change management
    • Version: v1.3.1 on 2022-10-01
    • Votes: 41
    • Previous version: v1.3.0 was 1 month, 20 days before
  3. Cache::Memcached::Fast - Perl client for memcached, in C language
    • Version: 0.28 on 2022-10-01
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 0.27 was 1 year, 4 months, 10 days before
  4. Exporter::Tiny - an exporter with the features of Sub::Exporter but only core dependencies
    • Version: 1.004003 on 2022-09-30
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 1.004002 was 14 days before
  5. FFI::CheckLib - Check that a library is available for FFI
    • Version: 0.31 on 2022-09-30
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 0.30 was 8 days before
  6. IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
    • Version: 4.79 on 2022-09-25
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 4.78 was 19 days before
  7. OptArgs - CLI argument and option processing
    • Version: v0.1.21 on 2022-09-29
    • Votes: 15
    • Previous version: 0.1.20 was 6 years, 5 months, 18 days before
  8. PAR - Perl Archive Toolkit
    • Version: 1.018 on 2022-09-28
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 1.017 was 1 year, 8 months, 15 days before
  9. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9653 on 2022-09-26
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9652 was 17 days before
  10. Term::ReadLine::Gnu - Perl extension for the GNU Readline/History Library
    • Version: 1.43 on 2022-10-01
    • Votes: 23
    • Previous version: 1.42 was 1 year, 4 months, 25 days before
  11. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 2.000001 on 2022-09-29
    • Votes: 132
    • Previous version: 2.000000 was 6 days before
  12. XML::LibXML - Interface to Gnome libxml2 xml parsing and DOM library
    • Version: 2.0208 on 2022-09-30
    • Votes: 95
    • Previous version: 2.0207 was 1 year, 5 months, 13 days before
  13. YAML::PP - YAML 1.2 Processor
    • Version: 0.035 on 2022-09-30
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 0.034 was 3 months before

(dxxv) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 35

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2022/10/01 21:01:09 GMT


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(dliii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2022-10-01 20:56:50 GMT


  1. What does * before a Perl variable name mean? - [3/2]
  2. Take an SSH stream as a perl script input rather than a physical file - [2/1]
  3. Calling sed within perl with a variable - [1/3]
  4. Why is this bash program so fast or the perl program so slow? - [1/2]
  5. Parallel::ForkManager doesn't work with Perl 5.36 - [1/2]