29 jul 2023

(cdliv) 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::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.336 on 2023-07-26, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.335 was 19 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.064001 on 2023-07-25, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.064000 was 3 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. Data::DPath - DPath is not XPath!
    • Version: 0.59 on 2023-07-24, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.58 was 3 years, 10 months, 27 days before
    • Author: SCHWIGON
  4. DBIx::DataModel - UML-based Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework
    • Version: 3.05 on 2023-07-26, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.04 was 8 months, 21 days before
    • Author: DAMI
  5. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.41 on 2023-07-23, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.77 was 4 years, 16 days before
    • Author: DDICK
  6. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
    • Version: 2.206 on 2023-07-25, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.205 was 9 days before
    • Author: PMQS
  7. IO::Socket::IP - Family-neutral IP socket supporting both IPv4 and IPv6
    • Version: 0.42 on 2023-07-25, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.41 was 2 years, 10 months, 10 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
  8. lib::relative - Add paths relative to the current file to @INC
    • Version: 1.002 on 2023-07-24, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.001 was 1 year, 1 month, 9 days before
    • Author: DBOOK
  9. Moose - A postmodern object system for Perl 5
    • Version: 2.2206 on 2023-07-23, with 326 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.2203 was 6 months, 1 day before
    • Author: ETHER
  10. Net::SSH::Perl - Perl client Interface to SSH
    • Version: 2.141 on 2023-07-25, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.14 was 5 years, 11 months, 1 day before
    • Author: BDFOY
  11. Perl::LanguageServer - Language Server and Debug Protocol Adapter for Perl
    • Version: v2.6.1 on 2023-07-26, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.5.0 was 5 months, 21 days before
    • Author: GRICHTER
  12. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989030 on 2023-07-28, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989027 was 6 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  13. TAP::Formatter::HTML - TAP Test Harness output delegate for html output
    • Version: 0.13 on 2023-07-26, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.11 was 10 years, 6 months, 7 days before
    • Author: SCHWIGON
  14. Test::BDD::Cucumber - Feature-complete Cucumber-style testing in Perl
    • Version: 0.84 on 2023-07-24, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.83 was 8 months, 25 days before
    • Author: EHUELS

(dlxiii) metacpan weekly report - Lingy

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 25

Week's winner: Lingy (+2)

Build date: 2023/07/29 21:23:19 GMT


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(dlxxxviii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-07-29 21:19:51 GMT


  1. Getting rid of repeated "Use of unititialized value $foo in pattern match" errors in big set of substitutions - [3/2]
  2. using sed/awk/perl to replace multiline string - [2/7]
  3. Need explanation of below Negative LookBehind - [2/1]
  4. Value of CGI parameter is incorrect - [1/3]
  5. Perl Net Interface and Perl newt in openSUSE - [1/2]

22 jul 2023

(cdliii) 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::cpanminus::reporter - send cpanm output to CPAN Testers
    • Version: 0.21 on 2023-07-19, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.20 was 2 months, 12 days before
    • Author: GARU
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.064000 on 2023-07-22, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.063004 was 7 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. Catalyst::Runtime - The Catalyst Framework Runtime
    • Version: 5.90131 on 2023-07-20, with 155 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.90130 was 8 months, 11 days before
    • Author: JJNAPIORK
  4. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.40 on 2023-07-18, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.77 was 4 years, 11 days before
    • Author: DDICK
  5. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
    • Version: 2.205 on 2023-07-16, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.204 was 5 months, 8 days before
    • Author: PMQS
  6. IO::Prompter - Prompt for input, read it, clean it, return it.
    • Version: 0.005001 on 2023-07-16, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.005000 was 12 days before
    • Author: DCONWAY
  7. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
    • Version: 6.72 on 2023-07-17, with 163 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.71 was 27 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  8. Mail::Box - complete E-mail handling suite
    • Version: 3.010 on 2023-07-18, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.009 was 2 years, 11 months before
    • Author: MARKOV
  9. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20230720 on 2023-07-20, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20230520 was 18 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  10. PAR::Packer - PAR Packager
    • Version: 1.059 on 2023-07-20, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.058 was 1 month, 8 days before
    • Author: RSCHUPP
  11. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.036 on 2023-07-22, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.035 was 1 month, 7 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  12. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989026 on 2023-07-21, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989024 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  13. Sub::Exporter - a sophisticated exporter for custom-built routines
    • Version: 0.990 on 2023-07-22, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989 was 6 months, 21 days before
    • Author: RJBS

(dlxii) metacpan weekly report - AI::TensorFlow::Libtensorflow

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 58

Week's winner (+3): AI::TensorFlow::Libtensorflow target="_blank"

Build date: 2023/07/22 21:16:20 GMT


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(dlxxxvii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-07-22 21:14:01 GMT


  1. How to debug a Perl BEGIN block or modue - [3/2]
  2. How to launch interactive commands from Perl while allowing Perl to parse the command output - [2/1]
  3. Powershell misinterprets perl -M flag - [2/0]
  4. Perl regex read line and search or compare each element in the array or hash - [1/2]
  5. Converting hex to ASCII with perl -e - [1/2]

15 jul 2023

(cdlii) 9 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: 2.063004 on 2023-07-15, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.063001 was 17 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  2. Function::Parameters - define functions and methods with parameter lists ("subroutine signatures")
    • Version: 2.002004 on 2023-07-15, with 58 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.002003 was 2 months, 26 days before
    • Author: MAUKE
  3. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
    • Version: 0.088 on 2023-07-11, with 109 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.086 was 19 days before
    • Author: DAGOLDEN
  4. LWP::Protocol::https - Provide https support for LWP::UserAgent
    • Version: 6.11 on 2023-07-09, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.10 was 2 years, 6 months, 23 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  5. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
    • Version: 1.999839 on 2023-07-14, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.999838 was 3 months, 14 days before
    • Author: PJACKLAM
  6. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989024 on 2023-07-14, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989020 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  7. Syntax::Keyword::Try - a try/catch/finally syntax for perl
    • Version: 0.29 on 2023-07-13, with 39 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.28 was 7 months, 5 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
  8. Text::ANSITable - Create nice formatted tables using extended ASCII and ANSI colors
    • Version: 0.609 on 2023-07-13, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.608 was 1 year, 4 months, 27 days before
    • Author: PERLANCAR
  9. XML::LibXML - Interface to Gnome libxml2 xml parsing and DOM library
    • Version: 2.0209 on 2023-07-15, with 96 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.0208 was 9 months, 15 days before
    • Author: SHLOMIF

8 jul 2023

(cdli) 19 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::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
    • Version: 0.997012 on 2023-07-08, with 67 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.997011 was 1 year, 2 months, 12 days before
    • Author: SKAJI
  2. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.335 on 2023-07-07, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.327 was 1 month, 5 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  3. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
    • Version: 4.37 on 2023-07-04, with 44 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.36 was 4 months, 2 days before
    • Author: RURBAN
  4. DBIx::Connector - Fast, safe DBI connection and transaction management
    • Version: 0.59 on 2023-07-02, with 44 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.56 was 7 years, 3 months, 17 days before
    • Author: ARISTOTLE
  5. Dist::Milla - Distribution builder, Opinionated but Unobtrusive
    • Version: v1.0.22 on 2023-07-05, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v1.0.21 was 1 year, 4 months, 20 days before
    • Author: MIYAGAWA
  6. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
    • Version: 2.78 on 2023-07-04, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.77 was 1 month, 6 days before
    • Author: RURBAN
  7. HTTP::Date - HTTP::Date - date conversion routines
    • Version: 6.06 on 2023-07-06, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.05 was 3 years, 7 months, 17 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  8. IO::Interactive - Utilities for interactive I/O
    • Version: 1.025 on 2023-07-05, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.023 was 2 years, 5 months, 2 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  9. IO::Prompter - Prompt for input, read it, clean it, return it.
    • Version: 0.005000 on 2023-07-04, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.004015 was 4 years, 6 months, 24 days before
    • Author: DCONWAY
  10. Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool
    • Version: v3.1.22 on 2023-07-08, with 60 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v3.1.21 was 4 months, 19 days before
    • Author: SYOHEX
  11. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20230520 on 2023-07-02, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20230423 was 2 months, 9 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  12. Module::ScanDeps - Recursively scan Perl code for dependencies
    • Version: 1.32 on 2023-07-05, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.31 was 2 years, 2 months, 14 days before
    • Author: RSCHUPP
  13. Net::OpenSSH - Perl SSH client package implemented on top of OpenSSH
    • Version: 0.84 on 2023-07-02, with 41 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.83 was 5 months, 11 days before
    • Author: SALVA
  14. perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
    • Version: 5.038000 on 2023-07-02, with 414 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.36.1 was 2 months, 9 days before
    • Author: RJBS
  15. Redis::Fast - Perl binding for Redis database
    • Version: 0.36 on 2023-07-05, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.35 was 7 months, 16 days before
    • Author: SHOGO
  16. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989020 on 2023-07-07, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989017 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  17. Statistics::Descriptive - Module of basic descriptive statistical functions.
    • Version: 3.0801 on 2023-07-02, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.0800 was 2 years, 8 months, 16 days before
    • Author: SHLOMIF
  18. Test::Differences - Test strings and data structures and show differences if not ok
    • Version: 0.70 on 2023-07-07, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.69 was 1 year, 6 months before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
  19. Test::Output - Utilities to test STDOUT and STDERR messages.
    • Version: 1.034 on 2023-07-05, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.033 was 2 years, 4 months, 22 days before
    • Author: BDFOY

(dlxxxvi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-07-08 17:33:58 GMT


  1. Perl: named capturing group defaults at replacement string - [3/2]
  2. What does 1 inside eval body mean in perl? - [3/1]
  3. Perl - opening a file in binary with final character 0x1A/EOF/Ctrl-Z - [3/1]
  4. How do I configure IDEA to run Perl Scripts or Perl Tests directly from Scratch Files - [2/0]
  5. Trying to create a Status Menu app with Platypus.app - [1/1]

1 jul 2023

(cdl) 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. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.063001 on 2023-06-28, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.062003 was 8 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  2. Graph - graph data structures and algorithms
    • Version: 0.9727 on 2023-06-25, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.9704 was 7 years, 8 months, 18 days before
    • Author: ETJ
  3. Log::Any - Bringing loggers and listeners together
    • Version: 1.716 on 2023-06-26, with 61 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.715 was 1 month, 22 days before
    • Author: PREACTION
  4. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
    • Version: 20230701 on 2023-07-01, with 134 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20230309 was 3 months, 24 days before
    • Author: SHANCOCK
  5. perlfaq - Frequently asked questions about Perl
    • Version: 5.20230701 on 2023-07-01, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20210520 was 2 years, 1 month, 12 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  6. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989017 on 2023-06-30, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989010 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  7. Term::ReadLine::Gnu - Perl extension for the GNU Readline/History Library
    • Version: 1.46 on 2023-07-01, with 23 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.45 was 7 months, 4 days before
    • Author: HAYASHI
  8. Vroom - Slide Shows in Vim
    • Version: 0.42 on 2023-06-27, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.37 was 8 years, 9 months, 19 days before
    • Author: INGY

(dlxi) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 21

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2023/07/01 19:12:09 GMT


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(dlxxxv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-07-01 19:10:29 GMT


  1. Splitting a string containing newlines gives unexpected results - [5/1]
  2. Find the sequence number and subnumbers - [3/2]
  3. How to hide cmd window when run perl in python? - [2/2]
  4. Compare a waiver CSV file to a file containing errors - [2/2]
  5. How to convert BRE to Perl re - [2/2]