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. Algorithm-FastPermute-0.999 http://search.cpan.org/~robin/Algorithm-FastPermute-0.999/ Rapid generation of permutations ---- App-Smarkmail-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/App-Smarkmail-0.001/ pipemailer that changes plaintext to multi/alt with Markdown ---- App-Smarkmail-0.002 http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/App-Smarkmail-0.002/ pipemailer that changes plaintext to multi/alt with Markdown ---- Array-Each-Override-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~arc/Array-Each-Override-0.02/ each for iterating over an array's keys and values ---- B-Generate-1.12_06 http://search.cpan.org/~jcromie/B-Generate-1.12_06/ Create your own op trees. ---- Chart-OFC-0.06 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Chart-OFC-0.06/ Generate data files for use with Open Flash Chart ---- Class-AutoGenerate-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~hanenkamp/Class-AutoGenerate-0.04/ Automatically generate code upon require or use ---- Class-AutoGenerate-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~hanenkamp/Class-AutoGenerate-0.05/ Automatically generate code upon require or use ---- DBIx-NamedBinding-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~ydna/DBIx-NamedBinding-0.01/ use named parameters instead of '?' ---- Data-ObjectDriver-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~btrott/Data-ObjectDriver-0.05/ Simple, transparent data interface, with caching ---- Devel-PerlySense-0.0145 http://search.cpan.org/~johanl/Devel-PerlySense-0.0145/ Perl IDE with Emacs frontend ---- Devel-REPL-1.002000 http://search.cpan.org/~mstrout/Devel-REPL-1.002000/ a modern perl interactive shell ---- Devel-REPL-1.002001 http://search.cpan.org/~mstrout/Devel-REPL-1.002001/ a modern perl interactive shell ---- Egg-Plugin-LWP-3.00 http://search.cpan.org/~lushe/Egg-Plugin-LWP-3.00/ LWP for Egg Plugin. ---- Egg-Plugin-Net-Ping-3.00 http://search.cpan.org/~lushe/Egg-Plugin-Net-Ping-3.00/ Net::Ping for Egg plugin. ---- Egg-Plugin-Net-Scan-3.00 http://search.cpan.org/~lushe/Egg-Plugin-Net-Scan-3.00/ Network host's port is checked. ---- Egg-Release-Authorize-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~lushe/Egg-Release-Authorize-0.01/ Package kit for attestation. ---- Fey-Loader-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-Loader-0.05/ Load your schema defintion from a DBMS ---- Fey-ORM-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-ORM-0.03/ A Fey-based ORM ---- File-PathInfo-1.21 http://search.cpan.org/~leocharre/File-PathInfo-1.21/ access to path variables, stat data, misc info about a file ---- Finance-Bank-Cahoot-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~masaccio/Finance-Bank-Cahoot-0.04/ Check your Cahoot bank accounts from Perl ---- Games-Go-SGF-0.06 http://search.cpan.org/~deg/Games-Go-SGF-0.06/ Parse and dissect Standard Go Format files ---- Gnome2-VFS-1.081 http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Gnome2-VFS-1.081/ Perl interface to the 2.x series of the GNOME VFS library ---- Hardware-Simulator-MIX-0.1 http://search.cpan.org/~litchie/Hardware-Simulator-MIX-0.1/ ---- IO-Socket-SSL-1.13_3 http://search.cpan.org/~sullr/IO-Socket-SSL-1.13_3/ Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET. ---- IPC-ShareLite-0.10 http://search.cpan.org/~andya/IPC-ShareLite-0.10/ Lightweight interface to shared memory ---- Iterator-File-Line-0.00002 http://search.cpan.org/~dmaki/Iterator-File-Line-0.00002/ Iterate A File By Line ---- JSON-RPC-0.96 http://search.cpan.org/~makamaka/JSON-RPC-0.96/ Perl implementation of JSON-RPC 1.1 protocol ---- JSON-RPC-Server-FastCGI-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~faiz/JSON-RPC-Server-FastCGI-0.02/ A FastCGI version of JSON::RPC::Server ---- Math-MatrixReal-2.04 http://search.cpan.org/~leto/Math-MatrixReal-2.04/ Matrix of Reals ---- Metadata-DB-1.09 http://search.cpan.org/~leocharre/Metadata-DB-1.09/ ---- Module-Install-AuthorTests-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Module-Install-AuthorTests-0.001/ designate tests only run by module authors ---- Music-Tag-0.33 http://search.cpan.org/~ealleniii/Music-Tag-0.33/ Interface for collecting information about music files. ---- Music-Tag-Amazon-0.31 http://search.cpan.org/~ealleniii/Music-Tag-Amazon-0.31/ Plugin module for Music::Tag to get information from Amazon.com ---- NET-IPFilterSimple_V1.0 http://search.cpan.org/~senger/NET-IPFilterSimple_V1.0/ Perl extension accessing ipfilter.dat files the very simple way ---- NET-IPFilter_V1.1 http://search.cpan.org/~senger/NET-IPFilter_V1.1/ Perl extension for Accessing eMule / Bittorrent IPFilter.dat Files and checking a given IP against this ipfilter.dat IP Range. IT uses conversion from IP to long integers in Perl and afterwards compai ---- Net-Address-Ethernet-1.110 http://search.cpan.org/~mthurn/Net-Address-Ethernet-1.110/ find hardware ethernet address ---- Net-Flickr-Geo-0.6 http://search.cpan.org/~ascope/Net-Flickr-Geo-0.6/ tools for working with geotagged Flickr photos ---- Net-Flickr-RDF-2.1 http://search.cpan.org/~ascope/Net-Flickr-RDF-2.1/ a.k.a RDF::Describes::Flickr ---- Number-Base-DWIM-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~cmo/Number-Base-DWIM-0.04/ delay parsing of based constants as long as possible. ---- POD2-Base-0.041 http://search.cpan.org/~ferreira/POD2-Base-0.041/ Base module for translations of Perl documentation ---- POE-Component-Lingua-Translate-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~hinrik/POE-Component-Lingua-Translate-0.04/ A non-blocking wrapper around Lingua::Translate ---- RPSL-0.26 http://search.cpan.org/~lmc/RPSL-0.26/ Router Policy Specification Language ---- Rubric-Entry-Formatter-Markdown-0.553 http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Rubric-Entry-Formatter-Markdown-0.553/ format entries with Markdown (duh!) ---- Test-Presenter-0.3 http://search.cpan.org/~markwkm/Test-Presenter-0.3/ A module for results Presentation. ---- Test-Simple-0.76_01 http://search.cpan.org/~mschwern/Test-Simple-0.76_01/ Basic utilities for writing tests. ---- Test-Simple-0.76_02 http://search.cpan.org/~mschwern/Test-Simple-0.76_02/ Basic utilities for writing tests. ---- Test-Strict-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~pdenis/Test-Strict-0.09/ Check syntax, presence of use strict; and test coverage ---- WWW-Search-Ebay-2.233 http://search.cpan.org/~mthurn/WWW-Search-Ebay-2.233/ backend for searching www.ebay.com ---- XML-Writer-0.604 http://search.cpan.org/~josephw/XML-Writer-0.604/ Perl extension for writing XML documents. ---- autobox-2.22 http://search.cpan.org/~chocolate/autobox-2.22/ call methods on builtin types ---- autobox-2.23 http://search.cpan.org/~chocolate/autobox-2.23/ call methods on builtin types ---- perlconsole-0.4 http://search.cpan.org/~sukria/perlconsole-0.4/ If you're an author of one of these modules, please submit a detailed announcement to comp.lang.perl.announce, and we'll pass it along. 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