13 ago 2022

(dxix) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 44

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2022/08/13 19:53:38 GMT


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(dxlvii) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
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Build date: 2022-08-13 19:51:22 GMT


  1. Perl installed via conda snakemake shell error: Can't open perl script .. no such file or directory - [3/2]
  2. Installing Perl in VSCode - [3/0]
  3. Perl: Display STDOUT and STDERR in different colors on Windows - [2/1]
  4. Insecure dependency in open while running with -T switch [PERL] - [2/1]
  5. Determining the parts that match a regex in perl - [2/1]

6 ago 2022

(cdiv) 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. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
    • Version: 2.51 on 2022-08-03
    • Votes: 22
    • Previous version: 2.51 was before
  2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
    • Version: 2.053005 on 2022-08-04
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.052010 was 8 days before
  3. App::perlbrew - Manage perl installations in your $HOME
    • Version: 0.96 on 2022-07-31
    • Votes: 170
    • Previous version: 0.95 was 2 months, 16 days before
  4. Catalyst::View::TT - Template View Class
    • Version: 0.46 on 2022-08-03
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 0.45 was 2 years, 12 days before
  5. Encode - character encodings in Perl
    • Version: 3.19 on 2022-08-04
    • Votes: 57
    • Previous version: 3.18 was 1 month, 9 days before
  6. JSON - JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder
    • Version: 4.09 on 2022-08-01
    • Votes: 97
    • Previous version: 4.07 was 1 month, 7 days before
  7. JSON::PP - JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.
    • Version: 4.11 on 2022-07-31
    • Votes: 16
    • Previous version: 4.10 was 1 month, 7 days before
  8. Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
    • Version: 1.09 on 2022-08-01
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 1.03 was 10 years, 3 months, 9 days before
  9. Net::SSH2 - Support for the SSH 2 protocol via libssh2.
    • Version: 0.73 on 2022-08-03
    • Votes: 23
    • Previous version: 0.72 was 1 year, 7 months, 12 days before
  10. Pithub - Github v3 API
    • Version: 0.01038 on 2022-08-03
    • Votes: 19
    • Previous version: 0.01037 was 14 days before
  11. PPR - Pattern-based Perl Recognizer
    • Version: 0.001002 on 2022-08-03
    • Votes: 17
    • Previous version: 0.000028 was 2 years, 1 month, 5 days before
  12. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9635 on 2022-08-04
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9630 was 6 days before
  13. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 1.016007 on 2022-08-04
    • Votes: 131
    • Previous version: 1.016006 was 10 days before
  14. XML::Compile::SOAP - SOAP version 1.1
    • Version: 3.28 on 2022-08-01
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 3.27 was 1 year, 3 months, 24 days before

(dxviii) metacpan weekly report - Algorithm::Line::Bresenham

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 32

Week's winner: Algorithm::Line::Bresenham (+2)

Build date: 2022/08/06 21:12:25 GMT


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(dxlvi) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
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Build date: 2022-08-06 21:10:40 GMT


  1. Perl: speed of s/// with variable in replacement - [7/2]
  2. Perl regex capture groups and nth occurence - [3/4]
  3. How can I pass prove (Test::More) an argument, e.g. an API URL? - [2/2]
  4. Perl regex combining capture groups & nth string - [2/2]
  5. Linux grep command in Perl script now working - [2/2]

30 jul 2022

(cdiii) 11 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: 2.052010 on 2022-07-27
    • Votes: 14
    • Previous version: 2.052008 was 15 days before
  2. Devel::CheckOS - require that we are running on a particular OS
    • Version: 1.94 on 2022-07-24
    • Votes: 13
    • Previous version: 1.93 was 2 months, 29 days before
  3. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
    • Version: 0.082 on 2022-07-25
    • Votes: 103
    • Previous version: 0.080 was 8 months, 20 days before
  4. Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
    • Version: 1.08 on 2022-07-28
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 1.05 was 5 days before
  5. Search::Elasticsearch - The official client for Elasticsearch
    • Version: 7.717 on 2022-07-28
    • Votes: 43
    • Previous version: 7.715 was 9 months, 8 days before
  6. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
    • Version: 4.025 on 2022-07-28
    • Votes: 59
    • Previous version: 4.023 was 5 months, 8 days before
  7. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
    • Version: 4.025 on 2022-07-28
    • Votes: 21
    • Previous version: 4.023 was 5 months, 8 days before
  8. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 4.025 on 2022-07-28
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 4.023 was 5 months, 8 days before
  9. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9630 on 2022-07-29
    • Votes: 26
    • Previous version: 0.9627 was 7 days before
  10. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 1.016006 on 2022-07-25
    • Votes: 131
    • Previous version: 1.016005 was 2 days before
  11. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.13 on 2022-07-29
    • Votes: 93
    • Previous version: 2.12 was 9 days before

(dxvii) metacpan weekly report - Storable::Improved

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 41

Week's winner (+3): Storable::Improved 

Build date: 2022/07/30 19:39:07 GMT


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(dxlv) stackoverflow perl report

These are the five most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.
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Build date: 2022-07-30 19:36:39 GMT


  1. Perl regex capture groups and reshuffle pattern - [3/3]
  2. Can't install some POE perl module in Strawberry Perl - [3/0]
  3. Replace newline if condition is met in next line in text file with linux command line tools - [2/3]
  4. Calculate the difference between two dates as years-and-days but without months? - [2/1]
  5. Perl 5 : assignment of an anonymous arrayref, where the array is still empty = copy-construction? - [2/1]

23 jul 2022

(cdii) 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. Catalyst::Runtime - The Catalyst Framework Runtime
    • Version: 5.90129 on 2022-07-23
    • Votes: 150
    • Previous version: 5.90128 was 1 year, 10 months, 12 days before
  2. DBIx::DataModel - UML-based Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework
    • Version: 3.03 on 2022-07-23
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 3.01 was 1 year, 5 months, 21 days before
  3. GraphViz2 - A wrapper for AT&T's Graphviz
    • Version: 2.67 on 2022-07-21
    • Votes: 12
    • Previous version: 2.66 was 1 year, 5 months before
  4. Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
    • Version: 1.04 on 2022-07-22
    • Votes: 24
    • Previous version: 1.03 was 10 years, 3 months before
  5. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20220720 on 2022-07-21
    • Votes: 38
    • Previous version: 5.20220620 was 1 month, 1 day before
  6. Pithub - Github v3 API
    • Version: 0.01037 on 2022-07-20
    • Votes: 19
    • Previous version: 0.01036 was 1 year, 5 months, 12 days before
  7. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
    • Version: 1.276 on 2022-07-19
    • Votes: 56
    • Previous version: 1.274 was 2 months, 17 days before
  8. SPVM - SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.9627 on 2022-07-22
    • Votes: 27
    • Previous version: 0.9623 was 7 days before
  9. SQL::Abstract::More - extension of SQL::Abstract with more constructs and more flexible API
    • Version: 1.39 on 2022-07-22
    • Votes: 20
    • Previous version: 1.38 was 3 months, 19 days before
  10. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 1.016005 on 2022-07-23
    • Votes: 131
    • Previous version: 1.014000 was 26 days before
  11. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.12 on 2022-07-20
    • Votes: 93
    • Previous version: 2.10 was 16 days before
  12. Zydeco - Jazz up your Perl
    • Version: 0.616 on 2022-07-19
    • Votes: 18
    • Previous version: 0.615 was 29 days before

(dxvi) metacpan weekly report - Perl::Critic

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 43

Week's winner: Perl::Critic (+2)

Build date: 2022/07/23 17:38:39 GMT


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