Over the past few months I've been working on finishing off the libuv Perl binding module, UV. Yesterday I finally got it finished enough to feel like calling it version 2.000. Now's a good time to take a look at it.

libuv itself is a cross-platform e [...]

1. App::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: 0.997006 on 2021-07-22
   • Votes: 54
   • Previous version: 0.997004 was 1 month [...]

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 39

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2021/07/24 18:42:05 GMT

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• Array::Iter - Generate a coderef iterator for an array
• Cache::LRU::With [...]

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Build date: 2021-07-24 18:23:16 GMT

1. Match a character only when not in a quoted field or in between 2 quotes - [4/3]
2. Regex matching cha [...]

1. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.047007 on 2021-07-14
   • Votes: 13
   • Previous versi [...]

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

Week's winner: Object::Pad (+3)

Build date: 2021/07/17 18:13:49 GMT

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• App::EPAN - Exclusive Perl Archive Nook
• Color::Library - An easy-to-use and comprehensive [...]

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Build date: 2021-07-17 17:32:41 GMT

1. "Redundant argument in printf" warning - [4/1]
2. Is it possible to nest associative arrays in Perl [...]

1. Beam::Wire - Lightweight Dependency Injection Container
   • Version: 1.025 on 2021-07-08
   • Votes: 18
   • Previous version: 1.024 was [...]

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 28

Week's winner: PLS (+2)

Build date: 2021/07/10 20:52:10 GMT

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• Authen::TOTP - Interface to RFC6238 two factor authentication (2FA)
• Cisco::UCS - A Perl interface [...]

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Build date: 2021-07-10 20:44:02 GMT

1. What's the correct way to deal with multiple inheritence of modules sharing a common "ancestor" in [...]

When I upgrade my perl, which I do pretty often, the first thing I do is install Task::BeLike::RJBS (by running cpanm rjbs). This installs most of the stuff I'm going to need to do my normal work. Over time, I tend to find that it needs an update, be [...]

1. Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and eval
   • Version: 2.182 on 2021-06-30
   • Votes [...]

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 38

Week's winners (+3): PLS

Build date: 2021/07/03 15:09:49 GMT

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• Apache2::AuthCookieDBI - An AuthCookie module backed by a DBI database.
• Bitcoin::Crypto - Bitcoi [...]

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Build date: 2021-07-03 14:58:26 GMT

1. How do I release a Perl module to CPAN? - [9/1]
2. Can&'t locate object method <var name> vi [...]

I have quite a few Perl software libraries available on the CPAN. I've written these at different points over the last twenty years, but almost all of them, until pretty recently, were written to support perl v5.8, which was release about 18 years ag [...]

1. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
   • Version: 2.41 on 2021-06-22
   • Votes: 19
   • Previous version: 2.41 wa [...]