(cdxxv) 23 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: 2.76 on 2022-12-29
   • Votes: 22
   • Previous version: 2.75 was 7 days before
2. App::Cmd - write command line apps with less suffering
   • Version: 0.335 on 2022-12-31
   • Votes: 44
   • Previous version: 0.334 was 1 year, 6 months, 12 days before
3. App::Uni - command-line utility to find or display Unicode characters
   • Version: 9.006 on 2022-12-31
   • Votes: 15
   • Previous version: 9.005 was 1 year, 6 months, 12 days before
4. Config::INI - simple .ini-file format
   • Version: 0.028 on 2023-01-01
   • Votes: 19
   • Previous version: 0.027 was 1 year, 6 months, 8 days before
5. CPAN::Uploader - upload things to the CPAN
   • Version: 0.103017 on 2023-01-01
   • Votes: 24
   • Previous version: 0.103016 was 1 year, 2 months, 1 day before
6. Crypt::Passphrase - A module for managing passwords in a cryptographically agile manner
   • Version: 0.005 on 2022-12-26
   • Votes: 12
   • Previous version: 0.004 was 11 months, 28 days before
7. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
   • Version: 1.14 on 2022-12-30
   • Votes: 18
   • Previous version: 1.13 was 11 months, 7 days before
8. Excel::Writer::XLSX - Create a new file in the Excel 2007+ XLSX format.
   • Version: 1.10 on 2022-12-30
   • Votes: 58
   • Previous version: 1.09 was 1 year, 7 months, 16 days before
9. ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
   • Version: 7.66 on 2022-12-25
   • Votes: 50
   • Previous version: 7.64 was 1 year, 8 days before
10. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.34 on 2022-12-30
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 1.33 was 1 month, 3 days before
11. Getopt::Long::Descriptive - Getopt::Long, but simpler and more powerful
    • Version: 0.111 on 2023-01-01
    • Votes: 52
    • Previous version: 0.110 was 1 year, 2 months, 1 day before
12. JSON::PP - JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.
    • Version: 4.16 on 2022-12-30
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 4.12 was 2 months, 22 days before
13. Marpa::R2 - Release 2 of Marpa
    • Version: 12.000000 on 2022-12-25
    • Votes: 48
    • Previous version: 10.000000 was 5 months, 26 days before
14. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.36 on 2022-12-30
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 1.35 was 2 months, 26 days before
15. Perl::PrereqScanner - a tool to scan your Perl code for its prerequisites
    • Version: 1.025 on 2023-01-01
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 1.024 was 1 year, 5 months, 29 days before
16. Pod::Man - Convert POD data to various other formats
    • Version: 5.01 on 2022-12-25
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 5.00 was 1 month before
17. Search::Elasticsearch - The official client for Elasticsearch
    • Version: 8.00 on 2022-12-29
    • Votes: 44
    • Previous version: 7.717 was 5 months, 1 day before
18. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9675 on 2022-12-27
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9672 was 4 days before
19. Sub::Exporter - a sophisticated exporter for custom-built routines
    • Version: 0.989 on 2023-01-01
    • Votes: 33
    • Previous version: 0.988 was 1 year, 6 months, 12 days before
20. Sub::Install - install subroutines into packages easily
    • Version: 0.929 on 2022-12-31
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 0.928 was 8 years, 6 months, 5 days before
21. Test::Fatal - incredibly simple helpers for testing code with exceptions
    • Version: 0.017 on 2022-12-31
    • Votes: 39
    • Previous version: 0.016 was 2 years, 4 months, 22 days before
22. Test::Routine - composable units of assertion
    • Version: 0.029 on 2023-01-01
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 0.028 was 1 year, 6 months, 12 days before
23. Throwable - a role for classes that can be thrown
    • Version: 1.001 on 2023-01-01
    • Votes: 37
    • Previous version: 1.000 was 1 year, 6 months, 5 days before