(dxxix) 20 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::Ack - A grep-like program for searching source code
   • Version: v3.8.1 on 2025-01-01, with 131 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v3.8.0 was 11 days before
   • Author: PETDANCE
2. App::Cmd - write command line apps with less suffering
   • Version: 0.337 on 2024-12-30, with 49 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.336 was 1 year, 4 months, 4 days before
   • Author: RJBS
3. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.081003 on 2024-12-31, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.080003 was 2 months, 1 day before
   • Author: OLIVER
4. CPAN::Audit - Audit CPAN distributions for known vulnerabilities
   • Version: 20250103.001 on 2025-01-04, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20241208.001 was 27 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. DateTime::Format::Flexible - DateTime::Format::Flexible - Flexibly parse strings and turn them into DateTime objects.
   • Version: 0.37 on 2024-12-31, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.36 was 2 months, 14 days before
   • Author: THINC
6. Getopt::Long::Descriptive - Getopt::Long, but simpler and more powerful
   • Version: 0.116 on 2024-12-30, with 58 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.115 was 1 month, 23 days before
   • Author: RJBS
7. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
   • Version: 1.901 on 2025-01-02, with 108 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.900 was 3 months, 22 days before
   • Author: MARIOROY
8. MooseX::Getopt - A Moose role for processing command line options
   • Version: 0.78 on 2025-01-03, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.76 was 1 year, 16 days before
   • Author: ETHER
9. MooseX::NonMoose - easy subclassing of non-Moose classes
   • Version: 0.27 on 2025-01-03, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.26 was 10 years, 10 months, 6 days before
   • Author: PLICEASE
10. Net::SSH::Perl - Perl client Interface to SSH
    • Version: 2.143 on 2025-01-04, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.142 was 1 year, 4 months, 28 days before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
11. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.098 on 2025-01-03, with 57 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.095 was 1 month, 29 days before
    • Author: ETJ
12. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
    • Version: 0.853 on 2025-01-04, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.852 was 7 days before
    • Author: ETJ
13. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990035 on 2025-01-04, with 34 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990033 was 18 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
14. Test::File - test file attributes
    • Version: 1.994 on 2025-01-03, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.993 was 2 years, 2 days before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
15. Test::Output - Utilities to test STDOUT and STDERR messages.
    • Version: 1.035 on 2025-01-03, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.034 was 1 year, 5 months, 29 days before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
16. Test::Warnings - Test for warnings and the lack of them
    • Version: 0.036 on 2025-01-03, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.033 was 11 months, 11 days before
    • Author: ETHER
17. Text::CSV_XS - Comma-Separated Values manipulation routines
    • Version: 1.58 on 2024-12-30, with 102 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.57 was 1 month, 18 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
18. TheSchwartz - reliable job queue
    • Version: 1.18 on 2024-12-31, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.17 was 3 years, 1 day before
    • Author: AKIYM
19. Unicode::Tussle - Tom's Unicode Scripts So Life is Easier
    • Version: 1.119 on 2025-01-03, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.115 was 3 years, 23 days before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
20. XML::Hash::XS - Simple and fast hash to XML and XML to hash conversion written in C
    • Version: 0.64 on 2025-01-01, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.62 was 4 days before
    • Author: YOREEK