The following modules have recently been added to or updated in the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). You can install them using the instructions in the 'perlmodinstall' page included with your Perl distribution. Acme-BabyEater-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/Acme-BabyEater-0.04/ Baby eating has never been easier! ---- Acme-Greeting-0.0.1 http://search.cpan.org/~gugod/Acme-Greeting-0.0.1/ Greeting from Perl. ---- CIAO-Lib-Param-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~djerius/CIAO-Lib-Param-0.08/ an interface to the CIAO parameter library. ---- CMS-MediaWiki-0.8013 http://search.cpan.org/~retoh/CMS-MediaWiki-0.8013/ Perl extension for creating, reading and updating MediaWiki pages ---- Cache-Historical-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Cache-Historical-0.03/ Cache historical values ---- Config-Validate-0.2.3 http://search.cpan.org/~cmo/Config-Validate-0.2.3/ Validate data structures generated from configuration files. (Or anywhere else) ---- Config-Validate-0.2.4 http://search.cpan.org/~cmo/Config-Validate-0.2.4/ Validate data structures generated from configuration files. (Or anywhere else) ---- Continuity-0.97 http://search.cpan.org/~awwaiid/Continuity-0.97/ Abstract away statelessness of HTTP, for stateful Web applications ---- DBI-1.602 http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.602/ Database independent interface for Perl ---- Data-CPAN-DSLIP-Explain-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/Data-CPAN-DSLIP-Explain-0.03/ "decrypts" CPAN module DSLIP code ---- ExtUtils-PkgConfig-1.10 http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/ExtUtils-PkgConfig-1.10/ simplistic interface to pkg-config ---- Fey-DBIManager-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-DBIManager-0.02/ Manage a set of DBI handles ---- Fey-DBIManager-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-DBIManager-0.03/ Manage a set of DBI handles ---- Fey-ORM-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-ORM-0.01/ A Fey-based ORM ---- File-chdir-0.1001 http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/File-chdir-0.1001/ a more sensible way to change directories ---- Geo-Query-LatLong-0.8008 http://search.cpan.org/~retoh/Geo-Query-LatLong-0.8008/ Uniform interface to query latitude and longitude from a city. ---- Geo-Query-LatLong-0.8009 http://search.cpan.org/~retoh/Geo-Query-LatLong-0.8009/ Uniform interface to query latitude and longitude from a city. ---- Geo-Query-LatLong-0.8010 http://search.cpan.org/~retoh/Geo-Query-LatLong-0.8010/ Uniform interface to query latitude and longitude from a city. ---- HTML-WikiConverter-DokuWikiFCK-0.13 http://search.cpan.org/~turnermm/HTML-WikiConverter-DokuWikiFCK-0.13/ A WikiConverter Dialect sup****ting the FCKeditor in DokuWiki ---- Hook-Output-File-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~schubiger/Hook-Output-File-0.04/ Redirect STDOUT/STDERR to a file ---- IO-CaptureOutput-1.0801 http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/IO-CaptureOutput-1.0801/ capture STDOUT and STDERR from Perl code, subprocesses or XS ---- IO-Ppoll-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/IO-Ppoll-0.07/ Object interface to Linux's ppoll() call ---- Image-Magick-Thumbnail-0.06 http://search.cpan.org/~lgoddard/Image-Magick-Thumbnail-0.06/ Produces thumbnail images with ImageMagick ---- Image-Magick-Thumbnail-0.06b http://search.cpan.org/~lgoddard/Image-Magick-Thumbnail-0.06b/ Produces thumbnail images with ImageMagick ---- Image-Seek-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~kenwu/Image-Seek-0.02/ A ****t of ImgSeek to Perl ---- JavaScript-Writer-0.2.0 http://search.cpan.org/~gugod/JavaScript-Writer-0.2.0/ JavaScript code generation from Perl. ---- KSx-Analysis-StripAccents-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~sprout/KSx-Analysis-StripAccents-0.02/ Remove accents and fold to lowercase ---- KSx-Highlight-Summarizer-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~sprout/KSx-Highlight-Summarizer-0.01/ KinoSearch Highlighter subclass that provides more comprehensive summaries ---- List-Extract-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~lodin/List-Extract-0.02/ grep and splice combined ---- Log-Handler-0.38_09 http://search.cpan.org/~bloonix/Log-Handler-0.38_09/ Log messages to one or more outputs. ---- POE-Component-CPAN-SQLite-Info-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-CPAN-SQLite-Info-0.07/ non-blocking wrapper around CPAN::SQLite::Info with file fetching abilities. ---- Safe-Caller-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~schubiger/Safe-Caller-0.08/ A nicer interface to the built-in caller() ---- Time-HiRes-1.9712 http://search.cpan.org/~jhi/Time-HiRes-1.9712/ High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers ---- Video-Dumper-QuickTime-1.0000 http://search.cpan.org/~grandpa/Video-Dumper-QuickTime-1.0000/ Dump QuickTime movie file structure ---- WWW-Mixi-Scraper-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~i****gaki/WWW-Mixi-Scraper-0.12/ yet another mixi scraper ---- YAML-YuyuPress-0.05_1 http://search.cpan.org/~jmerelo/YAML-YuyuPress-0.05_1/ Tool for making presentacions out of YAML files. ---- cpan_bot-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/cpan_bot-0.02/ ---- cpan_bot-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/cpan_bot-0.03/ an IRC CPAN Info bot ---- eGuideDog-Dict-Cantonese-0.1 http://search.cpan.org/~hgneng/eGuideDog-Dict-Cantonese-0.1/ an informal Jyutping dictionary. ---- list_versions-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/list_versions-0.04/ "easify" writing Makefile.PL and Build.PL by easily listing versions of modules. 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