24 jun 2023

(cdxlix) 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. AI::MXNet - Perl interface to MXNet machine learning library
    • Version: 1.6 on 2023-06-23, with 40 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.5 was 3 years, 4 months, 4 days before
    • Author: SKOLYCHEV
  2. App::HTTPThis - Export the current directory over HTTP
    • Version: 0.009 on 2023-06-21, with 24 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.007 was 16 days before
    • Author: DAVECROSS
  3. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.062003 on 2023-06-20, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.062002 was 14 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  4. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
    • Version: 1.17 on 2023-06-20, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.16 was 4 months, 16 days before
    • Author: SCHUBIGER
  5. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
    • Version: 0.086 on 2023-06-22, with 109 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.084 was 8 days before
    • Author: DAGOLDEN
  6. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.71 on 2023-06-20, with 162 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.70 was 1 month, 20 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  7. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
    • Version: 1.888 on 2023-06-21, with 99 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.887 was 12 days before
    • Author: MARIOROY
  8. Proc::ProcessTable - Perl extension to access the unix process table
    • Version: 0.636 on 2023-06-21, with 21 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.635 was 1 month, 13 days before
    • Author: JWB
  9. re::engine::RE2 - RE2 regex engine
    • Version: 0.18 on 2023-06-19, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.17 was 4 months, 23 days before
    • Author: DGL
  10. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989010 on 2023-06-22, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989005 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlx) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 42

Build date: 2023/06/24 16:45:13 GMT


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(dlxxxiv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last 2 weeks.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-06-24 16:42:53 GMT


  1. Perl 5.36.0 synopsis example doesn't work for feature 'class' - [3/2]
  2. Is it possible to call bash function from Perl? - [2/2]
  3. What's the meaning of the & in threads::shared::share usage in perl? - [2/1]
  4. How to use an expression in the replacement side of the perl substitution operator? - [1/2]
  5. Perl/cpan: Can't locate JSON/Parse.pm @INC - [1/1]

17 jun 2023

(cdxlviii) 8 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. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
    • Version: 0.084 on 2023-06-14, with 108 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.082 was 10 months, 20 days before
    • Author: DAGOLDEN
  2. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.33 on 2023-06-14, with 482 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 9.32 was 1 month, 6 days before
    • Author: SRI
  3. Net::Curl - Perl interface for libcurl
    • Version: 0.54 on 2023-06-16, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.53 was 30 days before
    • Author: SYP
  4. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
    • Version: 3.9002 on 2023-06-14, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.9001 was 3 months, 7 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
  5. Padre - Perl Application Development and Refactoring Environment
    • Version: 1.02 on 2023-06-14, with 40 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.00 was 9 years, 7 months, 5 days before
    • Author: SZABGAB
  6. PAR::Packer - PAR Packager
    • Version: 1.058 on 2023-06-12, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.057 was 6 months, 13 days before
    • Author: RSCHUPP
  7. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.035 on 2023-06-15, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.034 was 13 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  8. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989005 on 2023-06-15, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989003 was 6 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlix) metacpan weekly report - perl

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 34

Week's winner: perl (+2)

Build date: 2023/06/17 19:11:18 GMT


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10 jun 2023

(cdxlvii) 6 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::HTTPThis - Export the current directory over HTTP
    • Version: 0.007 on 2023-06-05, with 24 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.006 was 11 days before
    • Author: DAVECROSS
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.062002 on 2023-06-06, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.062000 was 7 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. Date::Manip - Date manipulation routines
    • Version: 6.92 on 2023-06-07, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.91 was 3 months, 6 days before
    • Author: SBECK
  4. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
    • Version: 1.887 on 2023-06-09, with 99 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.885 was 9 days before
    • Author: MARIOROY
  5. MCE::Shared - MCE extension for sharing data supporting threads and processes
    • Version: 1.885 on 2023-06-09, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.881 was 9 days before
    • Author: MARIOROY
  6. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989003 on 2023-06-09, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.987 was 11 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlviii) metacpan weekly report - OpenAIGPT4

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 74

Week's winner: OpenAIGPT4 (+3)

Build date: 2023/06/10 19:45:18 GMT


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(dlxxxiii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-06-10 19:43:46 GMT


  1. Perl sort array creates new element if element being referenced - [3/1]
  2. Connecting to POP3 from Perl no longer works for outlook.office365.com - [3/1]
  3. Perl's 2D hash initialization - do we have any faster way? - [3/0]
  4. Confusion when defining a list of array refs as constant - [1/2]
  5. Parse string to integer in arbitrary base/radix - [1/2]

3 jun 2023

(cdxlvi) 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::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.327 on 2023-06-02, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.324 was 1 month before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.062000 on 2023-05-30, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.061001 was 1 month, 3 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.38 on 2023-05-27, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.77 was 3 years, 10 months, 20 days before
    • Author: DDICK
  4. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
    • Version: 2.77 on 2023-05-29, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.76 was 1 year, 3 months, 28 days before
    • Author: RURBAN
  5. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
    • Version: 1.885 on 2023-05-31, with 99 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.884 was 4 months, 26 days before
    • Author: MARIOROY
  6. MCE::Shared - MCE extension for sharing data supporting threads and processes
    • Version: 1.881 on 2023-05-31, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.880 was 4 months, 27 days before
    • Author: MARIOROY
  7. Module::Build::Tiny - A tiny replacement for Module::Build
    • Version: 0.046 on 2023-06-01, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.045 was 1 month, 1 day before
    • Author: LEONT
  8. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.39 on 2023-06-01, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.38 was 23 days before
    • Author: NLNETLABS
  9. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.034 on 2023-06-02, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.028 was 1 year, 4 months, 14 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  10. Prima - a perl graphic toolkit
    • Version: 1.69 on 2023-05-30, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.68 was 3 months, 5 days before
    • Author: KARASIK
  11. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.987 on 2023-05-29, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.985 was 3 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  12. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v9.4.0 on 2023-06-02, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v9.2.0 was 1 month, 15 days before
    • Author: DANBERR

(dlxxxii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-06-03 20:35:56 GMT


  1. Bitwise operator XOR (^) gives different results in linux and windows - [6/1]
  2. Perl Mojolicious: Passing arguments to a code ref - [2/2]
  3. Perl problem with substituting UTF-8 string on windows - [2/1]
  4. How to send a widget object created later to callback in Tk? - [2/1]
  5. perl read and filter input from file - [1/3]