Stories for 2008-01-09

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In this issue:
    * Oslo QA Workshop 2008
    * Holy crap, a full speed dtraceable perl!
    * New CPAN Distributions for January  8, 2008

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| Oslo QA Workshop 2008                                              |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Monday January 07, @20:57 (User Journal)|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/0337213              |
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The Oslo Perl Mongers are hosting [0]a workshop for quality assurance
(QA) from April 5-7 ("most likely", as the wiki says right now). It
doesn't necessarily mean "Perl QA", either. They are inviting QA people
from any language.

"Nothing has been decided", but this is a true workshop. They are
inviting people who want to work on QA things, and taking suggestions for
people they should invite. They are also trying to sponsor the travel
costs for people. Already committed are some of the people you would
expect: Adam Kennedy, Ricardo Signes, Andy Armstrong, Michael Schwern,
Adrian Howard, among others. Many others have expressed interest but have
not committed.

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/08/0337213

Links:
    0. http://perl-qa.hexten.net/wiki/index.php/OsloQAWorkshop2008


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| Holy crap, a full speed dtraceable perl!                           |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Tuesday January 08, @12:27 (User Journal|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/2039207              |
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I hope I'm not stealing [0]AndyA's thunder, but [1]this just went by on
p5p and I'm excited!

  From: Andy Armstrong <[email protected]>

  I now have a dtraced bleadperl which runs no slower than the clean
  version:

  orig   | dtrace   | ratio
  ====================================
  2.51239896 | 2.47904992 | 0.98672622
  2.50696611 | 2.46995783 | 0.98523782
  2.52996778 | 2.47554016 | 0.97848683
  2.50457382 | 2.47788405 | 0.98934359
  2.50622296 | 2.46893001 | 0.98511986

  In fact in those tests the dtraced version is running marginally
  faster. I'm putting that down to a happy code alignment or somesuch.

[2]dtrace is Sun's new thing to allow you to do live tracing of function
calls across the entire operating system without having to compile
without any special flags and without a performance hit when you're not
actively doing a trace. It's been ported to FreeBSD and OS X 10.5.

Unfortunately there's been trouble getting Perl to work with dtrace at
the Perl function call level (rather than at the internal C opcode level)
without a performance hit. Someone else can answer why, but it appears
Andy has solved that problem! They're already discussing the possibility
of, if dtrace is available, enabling it by default.

For those who can't wait for bleadperl Andy has [3]Devel::DTrace
available on CPAN, though it does have a performance hit.

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/08/2039207

Links:
    0. http://use.perl.org/~AndyArmstrong/journal
    1. http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2008-01/msg00302.html
    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dtrace
    3. http://use.perl.org/~AndyArmstrong/journal/35306


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| New CPAN Distributions for January  8, 2008                        |
|   posted by pudge on Tuesday January 08, @18:30 (Module Listings)  |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/1530208              |
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  * [0]Algorithm-SVMLight-0.08 -- Perl interface to SVMLight
    Machine-Learning Package
  * [1]Apache-Dispatch-0.10 -- call PerlHandlers with the ease of
    Registry scripts
  * [2]Bread-Board-0.02 -- A solderless way to wire up you application
    components
  * [3]CPAN-Reporter-1.0602 -- Adds CPAN Testers reporting to CPAN.pm
  * [4]CPAN-Reporter-1.07_01 -- Adds CPAN Testers reporting to CPAN.pm
  * [5]Cache-FastMmap-Tie-0.01_02 -- Using Cache::FastMmap as hash
  * [6]DBD-InterBase-0.48 -- DBI driver for Firebird and InterBase RDBMS
    server
  * [7]DBD-PrimeBase-1.4003 -- PrimeBase database server driver for DBI
  * [8]DBIx-Perlish-0.35 -- a perlish interface to SQL databases
  * [9]Data-FormValidator-Constraints-CreditCard-0.01 -- Data
    constraints, using Business::CreditCard
  * [10]Data-Visitor-0.12 -- Visitor style traversal of Perl data
    structures
  * [11]Data-Visitor-0.13 -- Visitor style traversal of Perl data
    structures
  * [12]DateTime-Format-Natural-0.65_01 -- Create machine readable
    date/time with natural parsing logic
  * [13]Devel-Caller-2.03 -- meatier versions of caller
  * [14]Devel-DTrace-0.06 -- Enable dtrace probes for subroutine entry,
    exit
  * [15]FProt-Client-0.08 -- Client interface to the fpscand(1) virus
    scanning daemon
  * [16]Finance-QuoteOptions-0.13 -- Perl extension for retrieving
    options pricing and series information from the web.
  * [17]Finance-QuoteOptions-0.14 -- Perl extension for retrieving
    options pricing and series information from the web.
  * [18]Font-TTF-Scripts-0.10.3 -- Smart font script supporting modules
    and scripts for TTF/OTF
  * [19]Geo-Coordinates-UTM-XS-0.03 -- C/XS reimplementation of
    Geo::Coordinates::UTM
  * [20]Glib-1.163 -- Perl wrappers for the GLib utility and Object
    libraries
  * [21]Graphics-ColorNames-2.10_05 -- defines RGB values for common
    color names
  * [22]HTML-Template-Pro-0.68 -- Perl/XS module to use HTML Templates
    from CGI scripts
  * [23]HTML-Template-Pro-0.68.1 -- Perl/XS module to use HTML Templates
    from CGI scripts
  * [24]Log-Cabin-0.06 -- Partial implementation of Log::Log4perl with
    reduced disk IO.
  * [25]Log-Smart-0.006 -- Messages for smart logging to the file
  * [26]Mango-0.01000_07 -- An ecommerce solution using Catalyst, Handel
    and DBIx::Class
  * [27]Math-Complex-1.42 -- complex numbers and associated mathematical
    functions
  * [28]MooseX-Params-Validate-0.04 -- an extension of Params::Validate
    for using Moose's types
  * [29]Net-DBus-GLib-0.33.0 -- Perl extension for the DBus GLib bindings
  * [30]Net-RawIP-0.22 -- Perl extension for manipulate raw ip packets
    with interface to libpcap
  * [31]Net-RawIP-0.23 -- Perl extension for manipulate raw ip packets
    with interface to libpcap
  * [32]Net-SFTP-Foreign-1.34 -- Secure File Transfer Protocol client
  * [33]NetHack-Menu-0.03 -- interact with NetHack's menus
  * [34]ONTO-PERL-1.09
  * [35]POE-Component-Client-FTP-0.14 -- Implements an FTP client POE
    Component
  * [36]POE-Component-Server-SimpleHTTP-1.32 -- Perl extension to serve
    HTTP requests in POE.
  * [37]POE-Component-SmokeBox-Recent-0.03 -- A POE component to retrieve
    recent CPAN uploads.
  * [38]ParaDNS-1.4 -- a DNS lookup class for the Danga::Socket framework
  * [39]Parse-Eyapp-1.099 -- Extensions for Parse::Yapp
  * [40]Proc-Queue-1.23 -- limit the number of child processes running
  * [41]Rose-DBx-Garden-0.10 -- bootstrap Rose::DB::Object and
    Rose::HTML::Form classes
  * [42]SOAP-WSDL-2.00_28 -- SOAP with WSDL support
  * [43]Scalar-Defer-0.14 -- Lazy evaluation in Perl
  * [44]Scalar-Util-Clone-0.10 -- recursively copy datatypes using perl's
    builtin functions
  * [45]Swarmage-0.01001 -- A Distributed Job Queue
  * [46]Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.25_01 -- Front-end module to collect
    system statistics
  * [47]URL-Grab-1.3 -- Perl extension for blah blah blah
  * [48]Video-PlaybackMachine-0.05 -- Perl extension for creating a
    television station
  * [49]Win32-GUIRobot-Easy-0.03 -- A module for automating GUI tasks.
  * [50]WordNet-QueryData-1.47 -- direct perl interface to WordNet
    database
  * [51]X12-0.09
  * [52]kurila-1.7_0 -- Perl Kurila

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/08/1530208

Links:
    0. http://search.cpan.org/~kwilliams/Algorithm-SVMLight-0.08
    1. http://search.cpan.org/~phred/Apache-Dispatch-0.10
    2. http://search.cpan.org/~stevan/Bread-Board-0.02
    3. http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/CPAN-Reporter-1.0602
    4. http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/CPAN-Reporter-1.07_01
    5. http://search.cpan.org/~suzuki/Cache-FastMmap-Tie-0.01_02
    6. http://search.cpan.org/~edpratomo/DBD-InterBase-0.48
    7. http://search.cpan.org/~primebase/DBD-PrimeBase-1.4003
    8. http://search.cpan.org/~gruber/DBIx-Perlish-0.35
    9. http://search.cpan.org/~gtermars/Data-FormValidator-Constraints-CreditCard-0.01
   10. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Data-Visitor-0.12
   11. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Data-Visitor-0.13
   12. http://search.cpan.org/~schubiger/DateTime-Format-Natural-0.65_01
   13. http://search.cpan.org/~rclamp/Devel-Caller-2.03
   14. http://search.cpan.org/~andya/Devel-DTrace-0.06
   15. http://search.cpan.org/~avar/FProt-Client-0.08
   16. http://search.cpan.org/~kbocek/Finance-QuoteOptions-0.13
   17. http://search.cpan.org/~kbocek/Finance-QuoteOptions-0.14
   18. http://search.cpan.org/~mhosken/Font-TTF-Scripts-0.10.3
   19. http://search.cpan.org/~salva/Geo-Coordinates-UTM-XS-0.03
   20. http://search.cpan.org/~tsch/Glib-1.163
   21. http://search.cpan.org/~rrwo/Graphics-ColorNames-2.10_05
   22. http://search.cpan.org/~viy/HTML-Template-Pro-0.68
   23. http://search.cpan.org/~viy/HTML-Template-Pro-0.68.1
   24. http://search.cpan.org/~jorvis/Log-Cabin-0.06
   25. http://search.cpan.org/~shibuya/Log-Smart-0.006
   26. http://search.cpan.org/~claco/Mango-0.01000_07
   27. http://search.cpan.org/~jhi/Math-Complex-1.42
   28. http://search.cpan.org/~stevan/MooseX-Params-Validate-0.04
   29. http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/Net-DBus-GLib-0.33.0
   30. http://search.cpan.org/~szabgab/Net-RawIP-0.22
   31. http://search.cpan.org/~szabgab/Net-RawIP-0.23
   32. http://search.cpan.org/~salva/Net-SFTP-Foreign-1.34
   33. http://search.cpan.org/~sartak/NetHack-Menu-0.03
   34. http://search.cpan.org/~easr/ONTO-PERL-1.09
   35. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Client-FTP-0.14
   36. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Server-SimpleHTTP-1.32
   37. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-SmokeBox-Recent-0.03
   38. http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/ParaDNS-1.4
   39. http://search.cpan.org/~casiano/Parse-Eyapp-1.099
   40. http://search.cpan.org/~salva/Proc-Queue-1.23
   41. http://search.cpan.org/~karman/Rose-DBx-Garden-0.10
   42. http://search.cpan.org/~mkutter/SOAP-WSDL-2.00_28
   43. http://search.cpan.org/~audreyt/Scalar-Defer-0.14
   44. http://search.cpan.org/~chocolate/Scalar-Util-Clone-0.10
   45. http://search.cpan.org/~dmaki/Swarmage-0.01001
   46. http://search.cpan.org/~bloonix/Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.25_01
   47. http://search.cpan.org/~opitz/URL-Grab-1.3
   48. http://search.cpan.org/~stephen/Video-PlaybackMachine-0.05
   49. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/Win32-GUIRobot-Easy-0.03
   50. http://search.cpan.org/~jrennie/WordNet-QueryData-1.47
   51. http://search.cpan.org/~prasad/X12-0.09
   52. http://search.cpan.org/~tty/kurila-1.7_0



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