25 feb 2024

(cdlxxxiv) 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. CPAN::Changes - Parser for CPAN style change logs
    • Version: 0.500003 on 2024-02-22, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.500002 was 3 months, 27 days before
    • Author: HAARG
  2. Expect - automate interactions with command line programs that expose a text terminal interface.
    • Version: 1.36 on 2024-02-23, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.35 was 6 years, 9 months, 5 days before
    • Author: JACOBY
  3. IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
    • Version: 4.81 on 2024-02-20, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.8 was 10 months, 19 days before
    • Author: MLEHMANN
  4. Compress::Zlib - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
    • Version: 2.207 on 2024-02-18, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.206 was 6 months, 24 days before
    • Author: PMQS
  5. Log::ger - A lightweight, flexible logging framework
    • Version: 0.042 on 2024-02-23, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.041 was 18 days before
    • Author: PERLANCAR
  6. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20240223 on 2024-02-23, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20240129 was 25 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  7. OrePAN2 - Yet another DarkPAN manager.
    • Version: 0.52 on 2024-02-19, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.51 was 7 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  8. perlfaq - Frequently asked questions about Perl
    • Version: 5.20240218 on 2024-02-18, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20230812 was 6 months, 6 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  9. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989080 on 2024-02-23, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989073 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

18 feb 2024

(cdlxxxiii) 7 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: 2.405 on 2024-02-12, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.404 was 11 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.072003 on 2024-02-14, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.072002 was 24 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
  3. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
    • Version: 20240215.001 on 2024-02-16, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20240209.001 was 6 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  4. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.44 on 2024-02-15, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.43 was 20 days before
    • Author: NLNETLABS
  5. OrePAN2 - Yet another DarkPAN manager.
    • Version: 0.51 on 2024-02-12, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.50 was 2 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  6. Spreadsheet::Read - Meta-Wrapper for reading spreadsheet data
    • Version: 0.90 on 2024-02-13, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.89 was 1 month, 11 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
  7. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989073 on 2024-02-15, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989070 was 5 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlxxxi) metacpan weekly report - Type::Tiny

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 56

Week's winner (+3):  Type::Tiny

Build date: 2024/02/18 07:41:35 GMT


Clicked for first time:


Increasing its reputation:

(dciv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2024-02-18 07:39:14 GMT


  1. What is the best way to ignore elements in a list assignment? - [3/3]
  2. Remove quotes from hash key with expression - [2/2]
  3. How to use alarm perl function to set a timeout on a Python command running on Windows? - [2/1]
  4. Perl DBI::SQLite: How to Dump a table with column names? - [2/1]
  5. Strawberry perl - input file streaming issue - [2/1]

11 feb 2024

(cdlxxxii) 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::Sqitch - Sensible database change management
    • Version: v1.4.1 on 2024-02-04, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v1.4.0 was 6 months, 3 days before
    • Author: DWHEELER
  2. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
    • Version: 20240209.001 on 2024-02-10, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20240117.001 was 24 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
  3. Log::ger - A lightweight, flexible logging framework
    • Version: 0.041 on 2024-02-05, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.040 was 1 year, 7 months, 25 days before
    • Author: PERLANCAR
  4. LWP::Protocol::https - Provide https support for LWP::UserAgent
    • Version: 6.13 on 2024-02-06, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.12 was 15 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  5. MIME::Body - Tools to manipulate MIME messages
    • Version: 5.503 on 2024-02-06, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.513 was 12 days before
    • Author: DSKOLL
  6. OrePAN2 - Yet another DarkPAN manager.
    • Version: 0.50 on 2024-02-10, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.49 was 1 year, 5 months, 4 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  7. Software::License - packages that provide templated software licenses
    • Version: 0.104006 on 2024-02-09, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.104005 was 2 months, 18 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  8. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.989070 on 2024-02-10, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.989068 was 19 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
  9. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.27 on 2024-02-09, with 113 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.26 was 7 days before
    • Author: OALDERS

4 feb 2024

(cdlxxxi) 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: 2.404 on 2024-02-01, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.403 was 7 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
  2. Catalyst::Manual - The Catalyst developer's manual
    • Version: 5.9012 on 2024-02-03, with 49 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.9011 was 3 years, 6 months, 12 days before
    • Author: ETHER
  3. Crypt::Passphrase - A module for managing passwords in a cryptographically agile manner
    • Version: 0.019 on 2024-01-28, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.018 was 12 days before
    • Author: LEONT
  4. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
    • Version: 2.62 on 2024-02-02, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.61 was 1 month, 3 days before
    • Author: DROLSKY
  5. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
    • Version: 1.52 on 2024-02-03, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.51 was 12 days before
    • Author: DDICK
  6. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
    • Version: 12.76 on 2024-01-31, with 40 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 12.70 was 2 months, 12 days before
    • Author: EXIFTOOL
  7. IO::Async - Asynchronous event-driven programming
    • Version: 0.803 on 2024-01-29, with 76 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.802 was 1 year, 5 months, 14 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
  8. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20240129 on 2024-01-29, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20240120 was 9 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
  9. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.085 on 2024-01-30, with 52 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.084 was 8 months, 9 days before
    • Author: ETJ
  10. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
    • Version: 20240202 on 2024-02-01, with 139 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20230912 was 4 months, 19 days before
    • Author: SHANCOCK
  11. Prima - a Perl graphic toolkit
    • Version: 1.72 on 2024-01-31, with 43 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.71 was 3 months, 2 days before
    • Author: KARASIK
  12. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.26 on 2024-02-02, with 113 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.25 was 6 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  13. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.18 on 2024-01-30, with 101 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.17 was 9 months, 3 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
  14. YAML::PP - YAML 1.2 Processor
    • Version: v0.38.0 on 2024-01-29, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.37.0 was 2 months, 20 days before
    • Author: TINITA

(dlxxx) metacpan weekly report - CPAN::Audit

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 71

Week's winner (+3): CPAN::Audit

Build date: 2024/02/03 23:07:23 GMT


Clicked for first time:


Increasing its reputation:

(dciii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
Between brackets: [question score / answers count]
Build date: 2024-02-03 23:05:18 GMT


  1. Roles and monkeypatching Mojo::Message::Response - [4/1]
  2. In Perl, how can I match a number N and the next N characters? - [3/2]
  3. PartNumber(s) Are Converting Into String While Multipart S3 API From Perl v5.36.0 - [1/2]
  4. Stable and elegant use of expression for `qr` - [1/2]
  5. How can I insert a new column in an Excel spreadsheet with Perl? - [1/0]