29 abr 2023

(cdxlii) 21 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: 2.061001 on 2023-04-27, with 15 votes
    • Previous version: 2.061000 was 29 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  2. CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
    • Version: 2.35 on 2023-04-27, with 38 votes
    • Previous version: 2.34 was 1 year, 10 days before
    • Author: ANDK
  3. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
    • Version: 0.078 on 2023-04-28, with 49 votes
    • Previous version: 0.077 was 8 months, 7 days before
    • Author: MIK
  4. Devel::Cover - Code coverage metrics for Perl
    • Version: 1.39 on 2023-04-28, with 100 votes
    • Previous version: 1.38 was 10 months, 23 days before
    • Author: PJCJ
  5. Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls - coveralls backend for Devel::Cover
    • Version: 0.32 on 2023-04-25, with 18 votes
    • Previous version: 0.31 was 1 year, 2 months, 25 days before
    • Author: MIKIHOSHI
  6. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.69 on 2023-04-29, with 162 votes
    • Previous version: 6.68 was 2 months, 2 days before
    • Author: SIMBABQUE
  7. Module::Build - Build and install Perl modules
    • Version: 0.4234 on 2023-04-28, with 45 votes
    • Previous version: 0.4232 was 4 months, 20 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  8. Module::Build::Tiny - A tiny replacement for Module::Build
    • Version: 0.044 on 2023-04-28, with 15 votes
    • Previous version: 0.043 was 9 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  9. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20230423 on 2023-04-23, with 42 votes
    • Previous version: 5.20230420 was 3 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  10. Module::Install - Standalone, extensible Perl module installer
    • Version: 1.21 on 2023-04-28, with 19 votes
    • Previous version: 1.19 was 5 years, 4 months, 9 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  11. Module::Metadata - Gather package and POD information from perl module files
    • Version: 1.000038 on 2023-04-28, with 14 votes
    • Previous version: 1.000037 was 3 years, 7 months, 21 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  12. perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
    • Version: 5.036001 on 2023-04-23, with 407 votes
    • Previous version: 5.36.0 was 10 months, 26 days before
    • Author: SHAY
  13. Perl::PrereqScanner - a tool to scan your Perl code for its prerequisites
    • Version: 1.100 on 2023-04-27, with 22 votes
    • Previous version: 1.025 was 3 months, 26 days before
    • Author: RJBS
  14. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.971008 on 2023-04-27, with 29 votes
    • Previous version: 0.971002 was 6 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  15. Sub::Name - (Re)name a sub
    • Version: 0.27 on 2023-04-29, with 29 votes
    • Previous version: 0.26 was 3 years, 6 months, 24 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  16. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
    • Version: 1.761 on 2023-04-28, with 14 votes
    • Previous version: 1.760 was 22 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  17. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302195 on 2023-04-28, with 184 votes
    • Previous version: 1.302194 was 1 month, 14 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
  18. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000152 on 2023-04-29, with 14 votes
    • Previous version: 1.000151 was 1 month, 21 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
  19. Test2::Suite - Distribution with a rich set of tools built upon the Test2 framework.
    • Version: 0.000155 on 2023-04-28, with 41 votes
    • Previous version: 0.000150 was 1 month, 7 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
  20. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.18 on 2023-04-29, with 108 votes
    • Previous version: 5.17 was 5 months, 27 days before
    • Author: SIMBABQUE
  21. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.17 on 2023-04-27, with 96 votes
    • Previous version: 2.16 was 2 months, 16 days before
    • Author: SIMBABQUE

(dliv) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 95

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2023/04/29 19:33:29 GMT


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22 abr 2023

(cdxli) 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. Function::Parameters - define functions and methods with parameter lists ("subroutine signatures")
    • Version: 2.002003 on 2023-04-19, with 57 votes
    • Previous version: 2.002002 was 18 days before
    • Author: MAUKE
  2. Module::Build::Tiny - A tiny replacement for Module::Build
    • Version: 0.043 on 2023-04-19, with 15 votes
    • Previous version: 0.039 was 8 years, 6 months, 7 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  3. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20230420 on 2023-04-20, with 42 votes
    • Previous version: 5.20230320 was 30 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  4. Pod::Parser - Modules for parsing/translating POD format documents
    • Version: 1.66 on 2023-04-22, with 12 votes
    • Previous version: 1.65 was 11 months, 1 day before
    • Author: MAREKR
  5. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
    • Version: 5.004 on 2023-04-19, with 62 votes
    • Previous version: 5.003 was 2 months, 11 days before
    • Author: YVES
  6. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
    • Version: 5.004 on 2023-04-19, with 23 votes
    • Previous version: 5.003 was 2 months, 11 days before
    • Author: YVES
  7. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 5.004 on 2023-04-19, with 22 votes
    • Previous version: 5.003 was 2 months, 11 days before
    • Author: YVES
  8. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.971002 on 2023-04-22, with 28 votes
    • Previous version: 0.9705 was 9 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  9. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v9.2.0 on 2023-04-17, with 16 votes
    • Previous version: v9.0.0 was 3 months, 1 day before
    • Author: DANBERR
  10. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
    • Version: 0.71 on 2023-04-22, with 20 votes
    • Previous version: 0.70 was 23 days before
    • Author: CORION

(dliii) metacpan weekly report - Getopt::Long & Dash

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 75

Week's winners (+3): Getopt::Long & Dash

Build date: 2023/04/22 19:49:48 GMT


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(dlxxix) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-04-22 19:47:15 GMT


  1. How do I quote the special character + and a one-letter-plus-two-digit string? - [3/2]
  2. How can I refer to blessed block of code using reference to the object? - [2/3]
  3. Difference between calling named anonymous function and regular subroutine - [2/2]
  4. Replace next line after match in perl - [2/1]
  5. Perl - Unexpected behavior: Iterating thru an array "foreach $r (@a)" if iterator $r is changed via regex - the array elements themselves are changed - [2/1]

15 abr 2023

(cdxl) 5 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. Archive::Tar - Manipulates TAR archives
    • Version: 3.02 on 2023-04-12, with 16 votes
    • Previous version: 3.00 was 18 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  2. File::Map - Memory mapping made simple and safe.
    • Version: 0.71 on 2023-04-10, with 21 votes
    • Previous version: 0.70 was 8 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  3. PPR - Pattern-based Perl Recognizer
    • Version: 0.001008 on 2023-04-11, with 19 votes
    • Previous version: 0.001007 was 1 month, 9 days before
    • Author: DCONWAY
  4. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9705 on 2023-04-13, with 28 votes
    • Previous version: 0.9703 was 6 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  5. Test::Routine - composable units of assertion
    • Version: 0.031 on 2023-04-12, with 13 votes
    • Previous version: 0.030 was 3 months, 6 days before
    • Author: RJBS

(dlii) metacpan weekly report - Web::PerlDistSite

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 86

Week's winner: Web::PerlDistSite (+2)

Build date: 2023/04/15 21:48:06 GMT


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8 abr 2023

(cdxxxix) 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. Config::Tiny - Read/Write .ini style files with as little code as possible
    • Version: 2.29 on 2023-04-05, with 33 votes
    • Previous version: 2.28 was 1 year, 3 months, 1 day before
    • Author: RSAVAGE
  2. Crypt::Passphrase - A module for managing passwords in a cryptographically agile manner
    • Version: 0.015 on 2023-04-04, with 13 votes
    • Previous version: 0.013 was 6 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  3. DBD::Pg - DBI PostgreSQL interface
    • Version: 3.16.3 on 2023-04-04, with 92 votes
    • Previous version: 3.16.1 was 29 days before
    • Author: TURNSTEP
  4. File::Map - Memory mapping made simple and safe.
    • Version: 0.70 on 2023-04-02, with 20 votes
    • Previous version: 0.68 was 8 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  5. Function::Parameters - define functions and methods with parameter lists ("subroutine signatures")
    • Version: 2.002002 on 2023-04-01, with 57 votes
    • Previous version: 2.002001 was before
    • Author: MAUKE
  6. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
    • Version: 12.60 on 2023-04-05, with 38 votes
    • Previous version: 12.50 was 4 months, 26 days before
    • Author: EXIFTOOL
  7. Log::Dispatch - Dispatches messages to one or more outputs
    • Version: 2.71 on 2023-04-06, with 45 votes
    • Previous version: 2.70 was 2 years, 8 months, 17 days before
    • Author: DROLSKY
  8. Selenium::Remote::Driver - Perl Client for Selenium Remote Driver
    • Version: 1.49 on 2023-04-06, with 47 votes
    • Previous version: 1.48 was 3 months, 4 days before
    • Author: TEODESIAN
  9. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9703 on 2023-04-07, with 28 votes
    • Previous version: 0.9699 was 6 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  10. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
    • Version: 1.760 on 2023-04-06, with 14 votes
    • Previous version: 1.759 was 11 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  11. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 2.004000 on 2023-04-05, with 134 votes
    • Previous version: 2.002001 was 2 months, 16 days before
    • Author: TOBYINK

(dli) metacpan weekly report - Expect

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 62

Week's winner (+3): Expect

Build date: 2023/04/08 19:31:58 GMT


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  • App::ApClient -
  • App::CveClient - CLI-based client / toolbox for CVE.org
  • BitTorrent - Perl extension for extracting, publishing and maintaining BitTorrent related things
  • Mac::Finder::DSStore - Manipulates the Macintosh Finder's .DS_Store files.
  • MobileDetect - The great new MobileDetect Library for Perl is finally available! Perl Module for the PHP Toolchain Mobile Detect from https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect . More Information and development Tools can be found here https://www.buzzerstar.com/development/ and https://devop.tools/
  • Mojolicious::Plugin::Passphrase - Securely hash and validate your passwords.
  • PDL::OpenCV - PDL bindings for OpenCV $descrip_label \n=head1 SYNOPSIS \n use PDL::OpenCV$last; \n=cut \nuse strict; use warnings; use PDL::OpenCV; # get constants EOPM pp_addhdr(qq{#include "opencv_wrapper.h"\n#include "wraplocal.h"\n}); my @flist = genpp_readfile('funclist.pl'); my @topfuncs = grep $_->[0] eq '', @flist; my %class2func2suffix; if (@topfuncs) { pp_bless("PDL::OpenCV$last"); pp_addxs(<
  • String::Expand - string utility functions for expanding variables in self-referential sets
  • Text::SenseClusters::LabelEvaluation - Module for evaluation of labels of the clusters.

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(dlxxviii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-04-08 19:30:39 GMT


  1. Perl Mojolicious: handling proxy timeouts - [4/1]
  2. How to convert hash to array without the use of intermediate variable? - [3/4]
  3. Is it possible to turn on the -d flag to perl within a perl application and have it apply to itself? - [2/2]
  4. Perl Mojolicious: chaining Promises - [2/1]
  5. Is the comma in Perl associative in all contexts? - [2/1]

1 abr 2023

(cdxxxviii) 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. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.061000 on 2023-03-29, with 14 votes
    • Previous version: 2.060010 was 19 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  2. Crypt::Passphrase - A module for managing passwords in a cryptographically agile manner
    • Version: 0.013 on 2023-03-29, with 13 votes
    • Previous version: 0.012 was 7 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  3. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
    • Version: 2.60 on 2023-03-29, with 19 votes
    • Previous version: 2.59 was 5 days before
    • Author: DROLSKY
  4. Exporter::Tiny - an exporter with the features of Sub::Exporter but only core dependencies
    • Version: 1.006002 on 2023-03-31, with 21 votes
    • Previous version: 1.006001 was 7 days before
    • Author: TOBYINK
  5. Function::Parameters - define functions and methods with parameter lists ("subroutine signatures")
    • Version: 2.002001 on 2023-04-01, with 57 votes
    • Previous version: 2.001005 was 2 months, 5 days before
    • Author: MAUKE
  6. Glib::Object::Introspection - Dynamically create Perl language bindings
    • Version: 0.050 on 2023-03-27, with 15 votes
    • Previous version: 0.049 was 2 years, 5 months, 6 days before
    • Author: XAOC
  7. IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
    • Version: 4.8 on 2023-04-01, with 16 votes
    • Previous version: 4.79 was 6 months, 6 days before
    • Author: MLEHMANN
  8. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
    • Version: 1.999838 on 2023-03-31, with 12 votes
    • Previous version: 1.999837 was 8 months, 29 days before
    • Author: PJACKLAM
  9. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
    • Version: 0.83 on 2023-04-01, with 14 votes
    • Previous version: 0.82 was 10 months, 10 days before
    • Author: ETJ
  10. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9698 on 2023-03-31, with 28 votes
    • Previous version: 0.9696 was 9 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  11. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
    • Version: 0.70 on 2023-03-30, with 19 votes
    • Previous version: 0.68 was 1 year, 7 months, 1 day before
    • Author: CORION