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-LBFGS-0.172 http://search.cpan.org/~laye/Algorithm-LBFGS-0.172/ Perl extension for L-BFGS ---- CDB_Perl-0.52 http://search.cpan.org/~plank/CDB_Perl-0.52/ Perl extension for reading and creating CDB files ---- CPAN-1.92_59 http://search.cpan.org/~andk/CPAN-1.92_59/ query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites ---- CPAN-LinksToDocs-No404s-0.003 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/CPAN-LinksToDocs-No404s-0.003/ get links to http://search.cpan.org documentation by giving short "tags" and make sure all of them point to existant documentation ---- CPAN-LinksToDocs-No404s-Remember-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/CPAN-LinksToDocs-No404s-Remember-0.001/ same as CPAN::LinksToDocs::No404s with persistent storage of working links in SQLite database ---- CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Features-1.00 http://search.cpan.org/~andk/CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Features-1.00/ CPAN Test Dummy ---- CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Features-1.01 http://search.cpan.org/~andk/CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Features-1.01/ CPAN Test Dummy ---- CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Features-1.02 http://search.cpan.org/~andk/CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Features-1.02/ CPAN Test Dummy ---- Enumeration-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~roode/Enumeration-0.01/ Yet Another enumeration class implementation. ---- Etk-Perl-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~leviathan/Etk-Perl-0.09/ ---- Finance-PremiumBonds-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~bigpresh/Finance-PremiumBonds-0.02/ Perl extension to check Premium Bond holder's numbers ---- Form-Processor-Model-DBIC-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~gshank/Form-Processor-Model-DBIC-0.03/ Model class for Form Processor using DBIx::Class ---- Fuse-0.09_2 http://search.cpan.org/~dpavlin/Fuse-0.09_2/ write filesystems in Perl using FUSE ---- GIS-Distance-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~bluefeet/GIS-Distance-0.02/ Calculate geographic distances. ---- GIS-Distance-Fast-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~bluefeet/GIS-Distance-Fast-0.01/ C implementation of GIS::Distance formulas. ---- GStreamer-0.10 http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/GStreamer-0.10/ Perl interface to the GStreamer library ---- GStreamer-Interfaces-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/GStreamer-Interfaces-0.04/ Perl interface to the GStreamer Interfaces library ---- Gaim-Log-Parser-0.13 http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Gaim-Log-Parser-0.13/ Parse Gaim's Log Files ---- Gnome2-Wnck-0.16 http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Gnome2-Wnck-0.16/ Perl interface to the Window Navigator Construction Kit ---- Graph-Easy-0.61 http://search.cpan.org/~tels/Graph-Easy-0.61/ Render graphs as ASCII, HTML, SVG or via Graphviz ---- HTML-Perlinfo-1.48 http://search.cpan.org/~accardo/HTML-Perlinfo-1.48/ Display a lot of Perl information in HTML format ---- HTTP-Server-Simple-0.31 http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/HTTP-Server-Simple-0.31/ Lightweight HTTP server ---- Krb5-1.8 http://search.cpan.org/~jhorwitz/Krb5-1.8/ Perl extension for Kerberos 5 ---- LWP-UserAgent-Proxify-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/LWP-UserAgent-Proxify-0.001/ LWP::UserAgent with proxi-hopping ---- LWP-UserAgent-ProxifyBase-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/LWP-UserAgent-ProxifyBase-0.001/ base class for LWP::UserAgent based modules which want to proxy-hop their requests ---- LWP-UserAgent-ProxifyBase-0.002 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/LWP-UserAgent-ProxifyBase-0.002/ base class for LWP::UserAgent based modules which want to proxy-hop their requests ---- MIME-EncWords-1.005 http://search.cpan.org/~nezumi/MIME-EncWords-1.005/ deal with RFC 2047 encoded words (improved) ---- Makefile-GraphViz-0.17 http://search.cpan.org/~agent/Makefile-GraphViz-0.17/ Draw building flowcharts from Makefiles using GraphViz ---- Makefile-Parser-0.210 http://search.cpan.org/~agent/Makefile-Parser-0.210/ A simple parser for Makefiles ---- Makefile-Parser-0.211 http://search.cpan.org/~agent/Makefile-Parser-0.211/ A simple parser for Makefiles ---- Module-Pluggable-3.8 http://search.cpan.org/~simonw/Module-Pluggable-3.8/ automatically give your module the ability to have plugins ---- Net-Sieve-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~yvesago/Net-Sieve-0.01/ Implementation of managesieve protocol to manage sieve scripts ---- Net-Sieve-Script-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~yvesago/Net-Sieve-Script-0.03/ parse and write sieve scripts ---- Net-Twitter-1.09 http://search.cpan.org/~cthom/Net-Twitter-1.09/ Perl interface to twitter.com ---- OpenResty-0.1.6 http://search.cpan.org/~agent/OpenResty-0.1.6/ General-purpose web service platform for web applications ---- PHP-DateTime-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~bluefeet/PHP-DateTime-0.04/ Clone of PHP's date and time functions. ---- Parallel-SubFork-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~potyl/Parallel-SubFork-0.05/ Manage Perl functions in forked processes. ---- Passwd-Unix-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~strzelec/Passwd-Unix-0.01/ ---- RPSL-0.27 http://search.cpan.org/~lmc/RPSL-0.27/ Router Policy Specification Language ---- RPSL-Parser-0.29 http://search.cpan.org/~lmc/RPSL-Parser-0.29/ Router Policy Specification Language (RFC2622) Parser ---- RPSL-Parser-0.32 http://search.cpan.org/~lmc/RPSL-Parser-0.32/ Router Policy Specification Language (RFC2622) Parser ---- RiveScript-1.12b http://search.cpan.org/~kirsle/RiveScript-1.12b/ Rendering Intelligence Very Easily ---- Rose-DBx-Object-Loader-FormMaker-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~aprime/Rose-DBx-Object-Loader-FormMaker-0.03/ Automatically create RHTMLO Forms with the RDBO Loader ---- SMS-Send-TW-HiAir-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~snowfly/SMS-Send-TW-HiAir-0.01/ SMS::Send driver for hiair.hinet.net ---- TCC-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~hamano/TCC-0.02/ Perl extension for TCC ---- Text-Editor-Easy-0.1 http://search.cpan.org/~grommier/Text-Editor-Easy-0.1/ A perl module to edit perl code with syntax highlighting and more. ---- Text-Markdown-1.0.17 http://search.cpan.org/~bobtfish/Text-Markdown-1.0.17/ Convert Markdown syntax to (X)HTML ---- Text-RewriteRules-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~ambs/Text-RewriteRules-0.12/ A system to rewrite text using regexp-based rules ---- Text-vCard-2.03 http://search.cpan.org/~llap/Text-vCard-2.03/ a package to edit and create a single vCard (RFC 2426) ---- Tk-GraphItems-0.12 http://search.cpan.org/~lamprecht/Tk-GraphItems-0.12/ Display relation-graphs on a Tk::Canvas ---- Tk-Pod-0.9938_50 http://search.cpan.org/~srezic/Tk-Pod-0.9938_50/ Pod browser toplevel widget ---- WWW-FreeProxyListsCom-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/WWW-FreeProxyListsCom-0.001/ get proxy lists from http://www.freeproxylists.com ---- WWW-FreeProxyListsCom-0.002 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/WWW-FreeProxyListsCom-0.002/ get proxy lists from http://www.freeproxylists.com ---- WWW-ProxyChecker-0.002 http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/WWW-ProxyChecker-0.002/ check whether or not proxy servers are alive ---- WWW-Spinn3r-2.00100303 http://search.cpan.org/~vipul/WWW-Spinn3r-2.00100303/ An interface to the Spinn3r API (http://www.spinn3r.com) ---- WWW-Spinn3r-2.00100304 http://search.cpan.org/~vipul/WWW-Spinn3r-2.00100304/ An interface to the Spinn3r API (http://www.spinn3r.com) ---- WWW-YahooJapan-KanaAddress-0.1.2 http://search.cpan.org/~hiratara/WWW-YahooJapan-KanaAddress-0.1.2/ translating the address in Japan into kana. ---- WordNet-SenseRelate-AllWords-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~tpederse/WordNet-SenseRelate-AllWords-0.07/ perform Word Sense Disambiguation ---- WordNet-SenseRelate-Allwords http://search.cpan.org/~tpederse/WordNet-SenseRelate-Allwords/ ---- X11-Aosd-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~jred/X11-Aosd-0.02/ libaosd binding for Cairo powered on screen display 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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