Stories for 2007-09-18

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In this issue:
    * Idea!  CPAN Version Advisories
    * New CPAN Distributions for September 17, 2007

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| Idea!  CPAN Version Advisories                                     |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Sunday September 16, @22:26 (User Journa|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/0210253              |
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My friend Jeff woke me up today because I IM'd him late last night saying
"I have this great idea and I need to talk with someone about it!" This
isn't that idea, but another one Jeff suggested.

We got to talking about the problem of CPAN dependencies. He mentioned
that Python modules don't really have many dependencies, but they're not
very complex either. CPAN modules can do some really complex things
because they can let some other module do the work, but that leads to a
long, and fragile, dependency chain.

We talked about some of the attempts to solve that and why they suck.
They mostly revolve around depending on a fixed version. Debian packages
can depend on a major version of another package (say, 3.x) and won't use
a newer major version. Module::Install tries to solve it by shipping a
fixed version of itself and any dependencies. only.pm tries to solve it
by coding in specific versions. The problem with these approaches is they
try to freeze the upgrade process.

This story continues at:
    http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/0210253

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/17/0210253


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| New CPAN Distributions for September 17, 2007                      |
|   posted by pudge on Monday September 17, @18:30 (Module Listings) |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/1530213              |
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  * [0]Algorithm-NGram-0.3
  * [1]Apache-ImgIndex-0.01
  * [2]Apache2-MultiAuth-0.0.2 -- Use a number of authentication modules
    at runtime
  * [3]Apache2-MultiAuth-1.0.0 -- Use a number of authentication modules
    at runtime
  * [4]Atompub-0.1.4 -- Atom Publishing Protocol implementation
  * [5]Authen-DecHpwd-2.002 -- DEC VMS password hashing
  * [6]Business-BR-Ids-0.00_21 -- Modules for dealing with Brazilian
    identification codes (CPF, CNPJ, ...)
  * [7]CFPlus-0.99a -- undocumented utility garbage for our crossfire
    client
  * [8]CGI-Multiscript-0.73 -- Perl extension for Multiscript programming
  * [9]Catalyst-Controller-LeakTracker-0.01 -- Inspect leaks found by
    Catalyst::Plugin::Leaktracker
  * [10]Catalyst-Plugin-Apoptosis-0.00001 -- Stop Execution Of A Catalyst
    App
  * [11]Catalyst-Plugin-LeakTracker-0.01 -- Use Devel::Events::Objects to
    track object leaks in the Catalyst request cycle.
  * [12]ClearCase-Argv-1.26 -- ClearCase-specific subclass of Argv
  * [13]Coat-0.1_0.2 -- a meta class for building light objects with
    accessors
  * [14]Color-Library-0.01 -- An easy-to-use and comprehensive
    named-color library
  * [15]Crypt-Eksblowfish-0.002 -- the Eksblowfish block cipher
  * [16]Crypt-SSLeay-0.57 -- OpenSSL support for LWP
  * [17]DBIx-Simple-1.32 -- Easy-to-use OO interface to DBI
  * [18]Date-Span-1.122 -- deal with date/time ranges than span multiple
    dates
  * [19]Date-Span-1.123 -- deal with date/time ranges than span multiple
    dates
  * [20]Devel-Events-0.03 -- Extensible instrumentation framework.
  * [21]Devel-Events-Generator-ClassPublisher-0.01 -- Relay events from
    Class::Publisher
  * [22]Devel-Events-Objects-0.02 -- Object tracking support for
    Devel::Events
  * [23]Devel-PerlySense-0.01_18 -- IntelliSense for Perl
  * [24]Devel-PerlySense-0.01_19 -- IntelliSense for Perl
  * [25]Devel-STDERR-Indent-0.04 -- Indents STDERR to aid in
    print-debugging recursive algorithms.
  * [26]Email-Send-2.189 -- Simply Sending Email
  * [27]Encode-RAD50-0.005 -- Convert to and from the Rad50 character
    set.
  * [28]Geo-GoogleEarth-Document-0.03 -- Creates a GoogleEarth KML
    Document
  * [29]Geo-GoogleEarth-Document-0.04 -- Creates a GoogleEarth KML
    Document
  * [30]Geo-GoogleEarth-Document-0.05 -- Creates a GoogleEarth KML
    Document
  * [31]Glib-1.160 -- Perl wrappers for the GLib utility and Object
    libraries
  * [32]Gnome2-VFS-1.080 -- Perl interface to the 2.x series of the GNOME
    VFS library
  * [33]Gtk2-1.160 -- Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp
    Toolkit library
  * [34]HTML-Debug-0.11 -- Enables the output of variable and query
    debugging information for display in HTML.
  * [35]HTML-Debug-0.12 -- Enables the output of variable and query
    debugging information for display in HTML.
  * [36]HTML-Table-2.07-b1 -- produces HTML tables
  * [37]Image-Mate-0.05 -- Interface to Gd, Imager, ImageMagick modules
  * [38]ImgIndex-0.01
  * [39]KinoSearch-0.16 -- search engine library
  * [40]KinoSearch-0.161 -- search engine library
  * [41]Lingua-Zompist-Cuezi-0.01 -- Inflect Cuezi nouns, verbs, and
    adjectives
  * [42]Mail-Audit-2.221 -- Library for creating easy mail filters
  * [43]Mail-SpamAssassin-SimpleClient-0.005 -- easy client to
    SpamAssassin's spamd
  * [44]Math-Expression-Evaluator-0.0.2 -- parses and evaluates
    mathematic expressions
  * [45]Module-Compile-TT-0.02 -- Preprocess Perl code with Template
    Toolkit and Module::Compile.
  * [46]MooseX-AttributeHelpers-0.03 -- Extend your attribute interfaces
  * [47]Net-TrackUPS-0.01 -- Interface to UPS's Tracking Web Services
  * [48]PDF-API2-0.64 -- A Perl Module Chain to faciliate the Creation
    and Modification of High-Quality "Portable Document Format (aka.
    PDF)" Files.
  * [49]PDL-NetCDF-0.93 -- Object-oriented interface between NetCDF files
    and PDL objects.
  * [50]Parse-Eyapp-1.078 -- Extensions for Parse::Yapp
  * [51]Parse-Eyapp-1.079 -- Extensions for Parse::Yapp
  * [52]Parse-Eyapp-1.080 -- Extensions for Parse::Yapp
  * [53]Prima-prigraph-win32-1.02 -- binary prigraph.dll distribution for
    win32
  * [54]Prima-prigraph-win32-1.03 -- binary prigraph.dll distribution for
    win32
  * [55]Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.16 -- Front-end module to collect system
    statistics
  * [56]Test-MinimumVersion-0.007 -- does your code require newer perl
    than you think?
  * [57]Test-WWW-Mechanize-Catalyst-0.41 -- Test::WWW::Mechanize for
    Catalyst
  * [58]Time-UTC-0.005 -- manipulation of UTC in terms of TAI
  * [59]WWW-Mechanize-Meta-0.02 -- Adds HEAD tag parsing to
    WWW::Mechanize
  * [60]WWW-Mechanize-Meta-0.03 -- Adds HEAD tag parsing to
    WWW::Mechanize
  * [61]Weewar-0.01 -- get data from the weewar.com XML API
  * [62]XML-NewsML-0.5 -- Simple interface for creating NewsML documents

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/17/1530213

Links:
    0. http://search.cpan.org/~revmischa/Algorithm-NGram-0.3
    1. http://search.cpan.org/~jpavlick/Apache-ImgIndex-0.01
    2. http://search.cpan.org/~alexs/Apache2-MultiAuth-0.0.2
    3. http://search.cpan.org/~alexs/Apache2-MultiAuth-1.0.0
    4. http://search.cpan.org/~takeru/Atompub-0.1.4
    5. http://search.cpan.org/~zefram/Authen-DecHpwd-2.002
    6. http://search.cpan.org/~ferreira/Business-BR-Ids-0.00_21
    7. http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/CFPlus-0.99a
    8. http://search.cpan.org/~morgothii/CGI-Multiscript-0.73
    9. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Catalyst-Controller-LeakTracker-0.01
   10. http://search.cpan.org/~dmaki/Catalyst-Plugin-Apoptosis-0.00001
   11. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Catalyst-Plugin-LeakTracker-0.01
   12. http://search.cpan.org/~dsb/ClearCase-Argv-1.26
   13. http://search.cpan.org/~sukria/Coat-0.1_0.2
   14. http://search.cpan.org/~rkrimen/Color-Library-0.01
   15. http://search.cpan.org/~zefram/Crypt-Eksblowfish-0.002
   16. http://search.cpan.org/~dland/Crypt-SSLeay-0.57
   17. http://search.cpan.org/~juerd/DBIx-Simple-1.32
   18. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Date-Span-1.122
   19. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Date-Span-1.123
   20. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Devel-Events-0.03
   21. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Devel-Events-Generator-ClassPublisher-0.01
   22. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Devel-Events-Objects-0.02
   23. http://search.cpan.org/~johanl/Devel-PerlySense-0.01_18
   24. http://search.cpan.org/~johanl/Devel-PerlySense-0.01_19
   25. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Devel-STDERR-Indent-0.04
   26. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-Send-2.189
   27. http://search.cpan.org/~wyant/Encode-RAD50-0.005
   28. http://search.cpan.org/~mrdvt/Geo-GoogleEarth-Document-0.03
   29. http://search.cpan.org/~mrdvt/Geo-GoogleEarth-Document-0.04
   30. http://search.cpan.org/~mrdvt/Geo-GoogleEarth-Document-0.05
   31. http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Glib-1.160
   32. http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Gnome2-VFS-1.080
   33. http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Gtk2-1.160
   34. http://search.cpan.org/~mrandall/HTML-Debug-0.11
   35. http://search.cpan.org/~mrandall/HTML-Debug-0.12
   36. http://search.cpan.org/~ajpeacock/HTML-Table-2.07-b1
   37. http://search.cpan.org/~cosmicnet/Image-Mate-0.05
   38. http://search.cpan.org/~jpavlick/ImgIndex-0.01
   39. http://search.cpan.org/~creamyg/KinoSearch-0.16
   40. http://search.cpan.org/~creamyg/KinoSearch-0.161
   41. http://search.cpan.org/~pne/Lingua-Zompist-Cuezi-0.01
   42. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Mail-Audit-2.221
   43. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Mail-SpamAssassin-SimpleClient-0.005
   44. http://search.cpan.org/~moritz/Math-Expression-Evaluator-0.0.2
   45. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Module-Compile-TT-0.02
   46. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/MooseX-AttributeHelpers-0.03
   47. http://search.cpan.org/~dgrizzant/Net-TrackUPS-0.01
   48. http://search.cpan.org/~areibens/PDF-API2-0.64
   49. http://search.cpan.org/~dhunt/PDL-NetCDF-0.93
   50. http://search.cpan.org/~casiano/Parse-Eyapp-1.078
   51. http://search.cpan.org/~casiano/Parse-Eyapp-1.079
   52. http://search.cpan.org/~casiano/Parse-Eyapp-1.080
   53. http://search.cpan.org/~karasik/Prima-prigraph-win32-1.02
   54. http://search.cpan.org/~karasik/Prima-prigraph-win32-1.03
   55. http://search.cpan.org/~bloonix/Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.16
   56. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Test-MinimumVersion-0.007
   57. http://search.cpan.org/~lbrocard/Test-WWW-Mechanize-Catalyst-0.41
   58. http://search.cpan.org/~zefram/Time-UTC-0.005
   59. http://search.cpan.org/~gugu/WWW-Mechanize-Meta-0.02
   60. http://search.cpan.org/~gugu/WWW-Mechanize-Meta-0.03
   61. http://search.cpan.org/~jrockway/Weewar-0.01
   62. http://search.cpan.org/~andy/XML-NewsML-0.5



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