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. Absrtact-Meta-Class-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~adrianwit/Absrtact-Meta-Class-0.02/ ---- Apache-Dir-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Apache-Dir-0.05/ Simple Perl Version of mod_dir ---- Apache2-Filter-Minifier-CSS-1.04 http://search.cpan.org/~gtermars/Apache2-Filter-Minifier-CSS-1.04/ CSS minifying output filter ---- Apache2-Filter-Minifier-JavaScript-1.04 http://search.cpan.org/~gtermars/Apache2-Filter-Minifier-JavaScript-1.04/ JS minifying output filter ---- App-Info-0.53 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/App-Info-0.53/ Information about software packages on a system ---- Astro-QDP-Parse-0.11 http://search.cpan.org/~djerius/Astro-QDP-Parse-0.11/ extract Data from a QDP input file ---- Bundle-Theory-1.06 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Bundle-Theory-1.06/ A bundle to install all of Theory's favorite modules ---- Business-PayPal-API-0.61 http://search.cpan.org/~scottw/Business-PayPal-API-0.61/ PayPal API ---- CAD-Calc-0.27 http://search.cpan.org/~ewilhelm/CAD-Calc-0.27/ generic cad-related geometry calculations ---- CPAN-Mini-Extract-1.18 http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/CPAN-Mini-Extract-1.18/ Create CPAN::Mini mirrors with the archives extracted ---- CPAN-Mini-Extract-1.19 http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/CPAN-Mini-Extract-1.19/ Create CPAN::Mini mirrors with the archives extracted ---- CSS-Minifier-XS-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~gtermars/CSS-Minifier-XS-0.01/ XS based CSS minifier ---- Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-Jifty-DBI-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~ishigaki/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-Jifty-DBI-0.01/ Store your session with Jifty::DBI ---- Class-Delegator-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Class-Delegator-0.07/ Simple and fast object-oriented delegation ---- Class-Meta-0.55 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Class-Meta-0.55/ Class automation, introspection, and data validation ---- Class-Std-Fast-v0.0.6 http://search.cpan.org/~acid/Class-Std-Fast-v0.0.6/ faster but less secure than Class::Std ---- Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.010/ Low-Level Interface to bzip2 compression library ---- Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.010/ Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library ---- Compress-Zlib-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/Compress-Zlib-2.010/ Interface to zlib compression library ---- Curses-UI-Grid-0.14 http://search.cpan.org/~adrianwit/Curses-UI-Grid-0.14/ Create and manipulate data in grid model ---- DBIx-Connection-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~adrianwit/DBIx-Connection-0.01/ Simple database interface. ---- DBIx-Connection-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~adrianwit/DBIx-Connection-0.02/ Simple database interface. ---- Data-NDS-1.01 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Data-NDS-1.01/ routines to work with a perl nested data structure ---- Data-Types-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Data-Types-0.08/ Validate and convert data types. ---- DataExtract-FixedWidth-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~ecarroll/DataExtract-FixedWidth-0.02/ The one stop shop for parsing static column width text tables! ---- Date-Manip-5.50 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Date-Manip-5.50/ date manipulation routines ---- Deliantra-Client-0.9971 http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/Deliantra-Client-0.9971/ ---- Devel-CoverX-Covered-0.006 http://search.cpan.org/~johanl/Devel-CoverX-Covered-0.006/ Collect and report caller (test file) and covered (source file) statistics from the cover_db ---- Emacs-PDE-v0.2.14 http://search.cpan.org/~yewenbin/Emacs-PDE-v0.2.14/ Perl Development Environment in emacs ---- Exception-Class-DBI-0.97 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Exception-Class-DBI-0.97/ DBI Exception objects ---- Geo-Google-PolylineEncoder-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~spurkis/Geo-Google-PolylineEncoder-0.04/ encode lat/lons to Google Maps Polylines ---- Geo-IP-1.33 http://search.cpan.org/~borisz/Geo-IP-1.33/ Look up location and network information by IP Address ---- HTML-Split-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~ziguzagu/HTML-Split-0.01/ Splitting HTML by number of characters. ---- HTML-Widget-Factory-0.066 http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/HTML-Widget-Factory-0.066/ churn out HTML widgets ---- IO-Compress-Base-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Base-2.010/ Base Class for IO::Compress modules ---- IO-Compress-Bzip2-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Bzip2-2.010/ Write bzip2 files/buffers ---- IO-Compress-Lzf-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Lzf-2.010/ Write lzf files/buffers ---- IO-Compress-Lzop-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Lzop-2.010/ Write lzop files/buffers ---- IO-Compress-Zlib-2.010 http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib-2.010/ ---- JavaScript-Minifier-XS-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~gtermars/JavaScript-Minifier-XS-0.01/ XS based JavaScript minifier ---- List-Parseable-1.02 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/List-Parseable-1.02/ routines to work with lists containing a simple language ---- MasonX-Resolver-Multiplex-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~hdp/MasonX-Resolver-Multiplex-0.001/ multiplex several Resolver objects ---- Math-SigFigs-1.06 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Math-SigFigs-1.06/ do math with correct handling of significant figures ---- Module-Manifest-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/Module-Manifest-0.03/ Parse and examine a Perl distribution MANIFEST file ---- Number-Ops-1.01 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Number-Ops-1.01/ Simple operations on numbers. ---- POE-Filter-IASLog-1.04 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Filter-IASLog-1.04/ A POE Filter for Microsoft IAS-formatted log entries. ---- Parse-BBCode-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~tinita/Parse-BBCode-0.03/ Module to turn BBCode into HTML or plain text ---- Parse-IASLog-1.06 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/Parse-IASLog-1.06/ A parser for Microsoft IAS-formatted log entries. ---- Parse-IRC-1.12 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/Parse-IRC-1.12/ A parser for the IRC protocol. ---- Parse-Marpa-0.211_005 http://search.cpan.org/~jkegl/Parse-Marpa-0.211_005/ Earley's algorithm with LR(0) precomputation ---- RT-Extension-SLA-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~ruz/RT-Extension-SLA-0.02/ Service Level Agreements for RT ---- RT-Extension-SearchResults-XLS-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~elacour/RT-Extension-SearchResults-XLS-0.02/ Add Excel format export to RT search results ---- SOAP-Lite-0.710.05 http://search.cpan.org/~mkutter/SOAP-Lite-0.710.05/ Perl's Web Services Toolkit ---- SVN-Notify-Filter-Watchers-0.06 http://search.cpan.org/~larrysh/SVN-Notify-Filter-Watchers-0.06/ Subscribe to SVN::Notify commits with a Subversion property. ---- Set-Files-1.02 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Set-Files-1.02/ routines to work with files, each definining a single set ---- Simple-SAX-Serializer-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~adrianwit/Simple-SAX-Serializer-0.01/ ---- Sort-DataTypes-2.01 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Sort-DataTypes-2.01/ Sort a list of data using methods relevant to the type of data ---- Template-Plugin-Lingua-Conjunction-0.02 http://search.cpan.org/~brentdax/Template-Plugin-Lingua-Conjunction-0.02/ Template Toolkit plugin for human-readable lists ---- Template-Plugin-ListOps-1.02 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Template-Plugin-ListOps-1.02/ Plugin interface to list operations ---- Term-TUI-1.21 http://search.cpan.org/~sbeck/Term-TUI-1.21/ simple tool for building text-based user interfaces ---- Test-CheckChanges-0.05 http://search.cpan.org/~gam/Test-CheckChanges-0.05/ Check that the Changes file matches the distribution. ---- Test-DBUnit-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~adrianwit/Test-DBUnit-0.01/ ---- Text-WordDiff-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Text-WordDiff-0.03/ Track changes between documents ---- Time-Piece-ISO-0.11 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Time-Piece-ISO-0.11/ ISO 8601 Subclass of Time::Piece ---- Twitter-Badge-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~arul/Twitter-Badge-0.01/ Perl module that displays the current Twitter information of a user ---- Unix-SavedIDs-v0.1 http://search.cpan.org/~dmartin/Unix-SavedIDs-v0.1/ interface to unix saved id commands: getresuid(), getresgid(), setresuid() and setresgid() ---- Unix-SavedIDs-v0.2 http://search.cpan.org/~dmartin/Unix-SavedIDs-v0.2/ interface to unix saved id commands: getresuid(), getresgid(), setresuid() and setresgid() ---- WWW-Ohloh-API-0.1.0 http://search.cpan.org/~yanick/WWW-Ohloh-API-0.1.0/ Ohloh API implementation ---- WWW-Search-News-1.077 http://search.cpan.org/~mthurn/WWW-Search-News-1.077/ WWW::Search backend for news searches ---- WWW-Search-Yahoo-China-1.002 http://search.cpan.org/~mthurn/WWW-Search-Yahoo-China-1.002/ WWW::Search backend for searching Yahoo! China ---- Widget-Meta-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/Widget-Meta-0.04/ Metadata for user interface widgets ---- Win32-SqlServer-2.004 http://search.cpan.org/~sommar/Win32-SqlServer-2.004/ Access SQL Server from Perl via OLE DB ---- YAML-Tiny-1.30 http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/YAML-Tiny-1.30/ Read/Write YAML files with as little code as possible ---- activitymail-1.25 http://search.cpan.org/~dwheeler/activitymail-1.25/ CVS activity notification ---- esjis-0.14 http://search.cpan.org/~ina/esjis-0.14/ 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. 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