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-VectorClocks-0.1.1 http://search.cpan.org/~takeru/Algorithm-VectorClocks-0.1.1/ Generating a partial ordering of events in a distributed system ---- Astro-XSPEC-TableModel-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~djerius/Astro-XSPEC-TableModel-0.01/ Create XSPEC FITS Table Models ---- Catalyst-Controller-Atompub-0.4.1 http://search.cpan.org/~takeru/Catalyst-Controller-Atompub-0.4.1/ A Catalyst controller for the Atom Publishing Protocol ---- Chooser-1.1.4 http://search.cpan.org/~vvelox/Chooser-1.1.4/ A system for choosing a value for something. Takes a string composed of various tests, arguements, and etc and returns a value based on it. ---- Config-INI-Access-0.99 http://search.cpan.org/~andy/Config-INI-Access-0.99/ Syntactic sugar for accessing data from .ini-files ---- DashProfiler-1.12 http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DashProfiler-1.12/ efficiently collect call count and timing data aggregated by context ---- Devel-NYTProf-1.12 http://search.cpan.org/~akaplan/Devel-NYTProf-1.12/ line-by-line code profiler and report generator ---- Emacs-Run-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~doom/Emacs-Run-0.03/ utilities to assist in using emacs from perl via the shell ---- HTTP-Server-Simple-Dispatched-0.06 http://search.cpan.org/~frodwith/HTTP-Server-Simple-Dispatched-0.06/ Django-like regex dispatching with request and response objects - no CGI.pm cruft! ---- IO-Socket-TIPC-1.07 http://search.cpan.org/~infinoid/IO-Socket-TIPC-1.07/ TIPC sockets for Perl ---- Math-Expression-1.21 http://search.cpan.org/~addw/Math-Expression-1.21/ Evaluate arithmetic/string expressions ---- Math-Function-Roots-0.061 http://search.cpan.org/~sjo/Math-Function-Roots-0.061/ Functions for finding roots of arbitrary functions ---- NCGI-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~mlawren/NCGI-0.08/ A Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Class ---- Net-FireEagle-0.9 http://search.cpan.org/~simonw/Net-FireEagle-0.9/ access Yahoo's new FireEagle location service ---- Net-LDAP-LDAPhash-1.0.2 http://search.cpan.org/~vvelox/Net-LDAP-LDAPhash-1.0.2/ Takes from a search and turns it into a hash. ---- POE-Component-DBIx-MyServer-0.01_05 http://search.cpan.org/~eriam/POE-Component-DBIx-MyServer-0.01_05/ A pseudo mysql POE server ---- Solaris-SysInfo-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/Solaris-SysInfo-0.05/ A perl wrapper around Solaris' sysinfo(1) system call ---- Test-Server-0.04_02 http://search.cpan.org/~jkutej/Test-Server-0.04_02/ what about test driven administration? ---- Test-XML-Count-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~akaplan/Test-XML-Count-0.01/ Perl extension for testing element count at a certain depth ---- Text-Printf-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~roode/Text-Printf-0.08/ A simple, lightweight text fill-in class. ---- Text-SenseClusters-0.98 http://search.cpan.org/~tpederse/Text-SenseClusters-0.98/ : cluster similar contexts ---- WWW-Newzbin-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~chrisn/WWW-Newzbin-0.05/ Interface to Newzbin.com's Usenet index ---- XML-Atom-Service-0.16.0 http://search.cpan.org/~takeru/XML-Atom-Service-0.16.0/ Atom Service Document object ---- XML-Compile-0.72 http://search.cpan.org/~markov/XML-Compile-0.72/ Compilation based XML processing ---- parent-0.221 http://search.cpan.org/~corion/parent-0.221/ Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time 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. This message was generated by a Perl program described in my Linux Magazine column, which can be found on-line (along with more than 200 other freely available past column articles) at http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col82.html print "Just another Perl hacker," # the original -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!