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. BDB-Wrapper-0.08 http://search.cpan.org/~hikarine/BDB-Wrapper-0.08/ Wrapper module for BerkeleyDB.pm ---- BLOB-1.00 http://search.cpan.org/~juerd/BLOB-1.00/ Perl extension for explicitly marking binary strings ---- CPANPLUS-Dist-Gentoo-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~vpit/CPANPLUS-Dist-Gentoo-0.01/ CPANPLUS backend generating Gentoo ebuilds. ---- Cache-Swifty-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~kazuho/Cache-Swifty-0.07/ A Perl frontend for the Swifty cache engine ---- Catalyst-View-TT-ForceUTF8-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~lyokato/Catalyst-View-TT-ForceUTF8-0.09/ Template View Class with utf8 encoding ---- Class-DBI-Plugin-FilterOnClick-1.2 http://search.cpan.org/~aaronjj/Class-DBI-Plugin-FilterOnClick-1.2/ Generate browsable and searchable HTML Tables using FilterOnClick in conjunction with Class::DBI ---- Config-Model-CursesUI-1.007 http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/Config-Model-CursesUI-1.007/ Curses interface to edit config data ---- Config-Model-Itself-0.202 http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/Config-Model-Itself-0.202/ Model editor for Config::Model ---- Config-Model-Xorg-0.512 http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/Config-Model-Xorg-0.512/ Xorg configuration model for Config::Model ---- DBIx-Class-Schema-Slave-0.02400 http://search.cpan.org/~travail/DBIx-Class-Schema-Slave-0.02400/ DBIx::Class::Schema for slave (EXPERIMENTAL) ---- DateTime-0.4302 http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/DateTime-0.4302/ A date and time object ---- Devel-CoverX-Covered-0.01 http://search.cpan.org/~johanl/Devel-CoverX-Covered-0.01/ Collect and re****t caller (test file) and covered (source file) statistics from the cover_db ---- Dowse-BadSSH-0.09 http://search.cpan.org/~samv/Dowse-BadSSH-0.09/ ---- EV-3.4 http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/EV-3.4/ perl interface to libev, a high performance full-featured event loop ---- GRID-Machine-0.092 http://search.cpan.org/~casiano/GRID-Machine-0.092/ Remote Procedure Calls over a SSH link ---- Games-RolePlay-MapGen-1.2.15 http://search.cpan.org/~jettero/Games-RolePlay-MapGen-1.2.15/ The base object for generating dungeons and maps ---- Helios-1.19_05 http://search.cpan.org/~lajandy/Helios-1.19_05/ ---- IO-CaptureOutput-1.08_50 http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/IO-CaptureOutput-1.08_50/ capture STDOUT and STDERR from Perl code, subprocesses or XS ---- IO-Lambda-0.17 http://search.cpan.org/~karasik/IO-Lambda-0.17/ non-blocking I/O in lambda style ---- Image-Size-FillFullSelect-0.0.0 http://search.cpan.org/~vvelox/Image-Size-FillFullSelect-0.0.0/ Choose wether a image fill setting for a image should be fill or full. ---- Imager-0.65 http://search.cpan.org/~tonyc/Imager-0.65/ Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images ---- Kephra-0.3.9.10 http://search.cpan.org/~lichtkind/Kephra-0.3.9.10/ crossplatform, CPAN-installable GUI-Texteditor along perllike Paradigms ---- Log-Log4perl-1.16 http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Log-Log4perl-1.16/ Log4j implementation for Perl ---- MRO-Compat-0.07 http://search.cpan.org/~blblack/MRO-Compat-0.07/ mro::* interface compatibility for Perls < 5.9.5 ---- Math-Random-MT-Perl-1.00 http://search.cpan.org/~jfreeman/Math-Random-MT-Perl-1.00/ Pure Perl Pseudorandom Number Generator ---- Net-Akamai-0.10 http://search.cpan.org/~jgoulah/Net-Akamai-0.10/ ---- Number-Compare-Duration-0.001 http://search.cpan.org/~hdp/Number-Compare-Duration-0.001/ numeric comparisons of time durations ---- PDF-Create-0.9 http://search.cpan.org/~markusb/PDF-Create-0.9/ create PDF files ---- POE-Filter-Zlib-1.96 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Filter-Zlib-1.96/ A POE filter wrapped around Compress::Zlib ---- POSIX-Regex-0.90.3 http://search.cpan.org/~jettero/POSIX-Regex-0.90.3/ OO interface for the gnu regex engine ---- Perl-Critic-1.083_005 http://search.cpan.org/~elliotjs/Perl-Critic-1.083_005/ Critique Perl source code for best-practices. ---- Sjis-0.18 http://search.cpan.org/~ina/Sjis-0.18/ Source code filter for ****ftJIS script ---- Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.03 http://search.cpan.org/~dmow/Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.03/ Perl extension for reading MS Excel 2007 files; ---- Term-GentooFunctions-1.1.7 http://search.cpan.org/~jettero/Term-GentooFunctions-1.1.7/ provides gentoo's einfo, ewarn, eerror, ebegin and eend. ---- Test-File-1.24 http://search.cpan.org/~bdfoy/Test-File-1.24/ test file attributes ---- Test-POE-Client-TCP-0.04 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/Test-POE-Client-TCP-0.04/ A POE Component providing TCP client services for test cases ---- Test-POE-Server-TCP-0.10 http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/Test-POE-Server-TCP-0.10/ A POE Component providing TCP server services for test cases ---- Text-Wrap-Smart-XS-0.04_01 http://search.cpan.org/~schubiger/Text-Wrap-Smart-XS-0.04_01/ Wrap text fast into chunks of (mostly) equal length ---- WWW-MobileCarrierJP-0.16 http://search.cpan.org/~tokuhirom/WWW-MobileCarrierJP-0.16/ scrape mobile carrier information ---- ZConf-0.0.0 http://search.cpan.org/~vvelox/ZConf-0.0.0/ A configuration system allowing for either file or LDAP backed storage. ---- autobox-2.51 http://search.cpan.org/~chocolate/autobox-2.51/ call methods on native types ---- autobox-2.52 http://search.cpan.org/~chocolate/autobox-2.52/ call methods on native types ---- openStatisticalServices-0.014 http://search.cpan.org/~rphaney/openStatisticalServices-0.014/ ---- parrot-0.6.2 http://search.cpan.org/~chromatic/parrot-0.6.2/ ---- perl-GPS-0.16 http://search.cpan.org/~srezic/perl-GPS-0.16/ ---- pod-mode-0.5 http://search.cpan.org/~schwigon/pod-mode-0.5/ 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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