29 oct 2023

(cdlxvii) 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: 2.068000 on 2023-10-27, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.067002 was 1 month before
    • Author: OLIVER
  2. CPAN::Changes - Parser for CPAN style change logs
    • Version: 0.500002 on 2023-10-26, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.400002 was 8 years, 4 months, 5 days before
    • Author: HAARG
  3. DateTime - A date and time object for Perl
    • Version: 1.63 on 2023-10-22, with 211 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.59 was 11 months, 30 days before
    • Author: DROLSKY
  4. DBD::mysql - A MySQL driver for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
    • Version: 5.002 on 2023-10-24, with 53 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.001 was 20 days before
    • Author: DVEEDEN
  5. mod_perl2 - Apache mod_perl changes logfile
    • Version: 2.0.13 on 2023-10-21, with 23 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.0.12 was 1 year, 8 months, 22 days before
    • Author: SHAY
  6. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20231025 on 2023-10-25, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20230920 was 1 month, 5 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  7. Mojo::mysql - Mojolicious and Async MySQL/MariaDB
    • Version: 1.27 on 2023-10-26, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.26 was 10 months, 17 days before
    • Author: JHTHORSEN
  8. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.35 on 2023-10-27, with 490 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 9.34 was 1 month, 16 days before
    • Author: SRI
  9. MooseX::App - Write user-friendly command line apps with even less suffering
    • Version: 1.43 on 2023-10-21, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.42 was 2 years, 2 months, 6 days before
    • Author: MAROS
  10. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989055 on 2023-10-27, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989051 was 16 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  11. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302196 on 2023-10-24, with 189 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302195 was 5 months, 26 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
  12. Test2::Suite - Distribution with a rich set of tools built upon the Test2 framework.
    • Version: 0.000159 on 2023-10-25, with 44 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.000156 was 1 month, 12 days before
    • Author: EXODIST

(dlxx) metacpan weekly report - Bitcoin::Crypto

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 36

Week's winner: Bitcoin::Crypto (+3)

Build date: 2023/10/29 06:40:42 GMT


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21 oct 2023

(cdlxvi) 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. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
    • Version: 2.344 on 2023-10-15, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.343 was 10 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. Devel::NYTProf - Powerful fast feature-rich Perl source code profiler
    • Version: 6.14 on 2023-10-18, with 185 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.13 was 8 days before
    • Author: JKEENAN
  3. HTTP::BrowserDetect - Determine Web browser, version, and platform from an HTTP user agent string
    • Version: 3.40 on 2023-10-19, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.39 was 1 month, 11 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  4. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
    • Version: 0.805 on 2023-10-20, with 41 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.804 was 16 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
  5. Perl::Critic - Critique Perl source code for best-practices.
    • Version: 1.152 on 2023-10-17, with 128 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.150 was 7 months, 12 days before
    • Author: PETDANCE

(dlxix) metacpan weekly report - Mojolicious

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 50

Week's winner: Mojolicious (+3)

Build date: 2023/10/21 19:02:30 GMT


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(dxcvii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-10-21 19:00:44 GMT


  1. How to know if two strings are on the same line? - [2/3]
  2. Is there a way to call a machine code function stored in a string in perl? - [2/1]
  3. Calling function of an external Inline C block from another perl modules Inline C block - [2/1]
  4. atexit(3) in Perl: `END {}` or `$SIG{__DIE__}`? - [1/3]
  5. How do I copy the latest from ftp in a perl script - [1/3]

15 oct 2023

(cdlxv) 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. Config::Tiny - Read/Write .ini style files with as little code as possible
    • Version: 2.30 on 2023-10-12, with 33 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.29 was 6 months, 7 days before
    • Author: RSAVAGE
  2. Dancer2 - Lightweight yet powerful web application framework
    • Version: 1.0.0 on 2023-10-09, with 134 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.400001 was 8 months, 4 days before
    • Author: CROMEDOME
  3. Devel::NYTProf - Powerful fast feature-rich Perl source code profiler
    • Version: 6.13 on 2023-10-10, with 185 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.12 was 10 months, 26 days before
    • Author: JKEENAN
  4. EV - perl interface to libev, a high performance full-featured event loop
    • Version: 4.34 on 2023-10-08, with 46 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.33 was 3 years, 6 months, 21 days before
    • Author: MLEHMANN
  5. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.46 on 2023-10-14, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.45 was 7 days before
    • Author: DDICK
  6. Math::Round - Perl extension for rounding numbers
    • Version: 0.08 on 2023-10-10, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.07 was 8 years, 9 months, 8 days before
    • Author: NEILB
  7. Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool
    • Version: v3.1.23 on 2023-10-07, with 61 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v3.1.23 was before
    • Author: SKAJI
  8. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989051 on 2023-10-11, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989050 was 7 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  9. Test::Differences - Test strings and data structures and show differences if not ok
    • Version: 0.71 on 2023-10-12, with 21 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.70 was 3 months, 5 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL

8 oct 2023

(cdlxiv) 15 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: 2.343 on 2023-10-05, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.342 was 7 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. CGI - Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses
    • Version: 4.59 on 2023-10-02, with 42 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.57 was 5 months before
    • Author: LEEJO
  3. Crypt::JWT - JSON Web Token
    • Version: 0.035 on 2023-10-03, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.034 was 1 year, 10 months, 5 days before
    • Author: MIK
  4. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
    • Version: 0.080 on 2023-10-04, with 49 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.078 was 5 months, 9 days before
    • Author: MIK
  5. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
    • Version: 1.18 on 2023-10-05, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.17 was 3 months, 15 days before
    • Author: SCHUBIGER
  6. DBD::mysql - A MySQL driver for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
    • Version: 5.001 on 2023-10-04, with 53 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.050 was 4 years, 8 months, 26 days before
    • Author: DVEEDEN
  7. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.45 on 2023-10-07, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.44 was 1 month, 4 days before
    • Author: DDICK
  8. IPC::Run - system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys (Unix, Win32)
    • Version: 20231003.0 on 2023-10-03, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20220807.0 was 1 year, 1 month, 27 days before
    • Author: TODDR
  9. Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool
    • Version: v3.1.23 on 2023-10-07, with 61 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v3.1.22 was 2 months, 30 days before
    • Author: SKAJI
  10. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
    • Version: 0.804 on 2023-10-04, with 41 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.803 was 14 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
  11. PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
    • Version: 1.040 on 2023-10-02, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.039 was 10 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  12. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989050 on 2023-10-04, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989047 was 4 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  13. Test::Harness - contributing to TAP::Harness
    • Version: 3.48 on 2023-10-02, with 61 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.47 was 1 month, 20 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  14. Test::Warnings - Test for warnings and the lack of them
    • Version: 0.032 on 2023-09-30, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.031
    • Author: ETHER
  15. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000155 on 2023-10-03, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000152 was 5 months, 4 days before
    • Author: EXODIST

(dlxviii) metacpan weekly report - WWW::Mechanize

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

Week's winners (+3): WWW::Mechanize

Build date: 2023/10/08 19:24:53 GMT


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(dxcvi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2023-10-08 19:20:50 GMT


  1. Image::Magick is gone from Perl CPAN - where is it? - [5/4]
  2. How can I install DBD::mysql on Debian? - [2/0]
  3. Carefully mixing fork and threads; is it safe? - [2/0]
  4. How to select lines between two same marker patterns which may occur multiple times with awk/perl or any other command line tool - [1/4]
  5. How can I get a list of my bash aliases in perl? - [1/2]