Stories for 2008-09-07

use Perl Daily Newsletter

In this issue:
    * New CPAN Distributions for September  6, 2008
    * Finally, META.yml customization in MakeMaker

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| New CPAN Distributions for September  6, 2008                      |
|   posted by pudge on Saturday September 06, @11:30 (Module Listings|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/06/1530203              |
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  * [0]BDB-Wrapper-0.18 -- Wrapper module for BerkeleyDB.pm
  * [1]Badger-0.02 -- Perl Application Programming Toolkit
  * [2]Biblio-Thesaurus-0.32 -- Perl extension for managing ISO thesaurus
  * [3]Bundle-DBD-PO-0.07 -- A bundle to install all DBD::PO related
    modules
  * [4]Business-PayPal-NVP-1.03 -- PayPal NVP API
  * [5]CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Any-0.03 -- Add Config::Any Support
    to CGI::Application
  * [6]CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Any-0.04 -- Add Config::Any Support
    to CGI::Application
  * [7]CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Any-0.10 -- Add Config::Any Support
    to CGI::Application
  * [8]CPAN-Indexer-Mirror-0.01 -- Creates the mirror.yml and mirror.json
    files
  * [9]Cache-CacheFactory-1.07_03 -- factory class for Cache::Cache and
    other modules.
  * [10]Class-MethodCache-0.04 -- Manipulate Perl's method resolution
    cache
  * [11]Compress-LZF-3.4 -- extremely light-weight Lempel-Ziv-Free
    compression
  * [12]DBD-PO-0.07 -- DBI driver for PO files
  * [13]DBIx-Array-0.09 -- This modules is a wrapper around DBI with
    array interfaces
  * [14]DBIx-Class-RDBOHelpers-0.06 -- DBIC compat with
    Rose::DBx::Object::MoreHelpers
  * [15]Data-SimplePaginator-0.3 -- data pagination without assumptions
    (I think)
  * [16]Data-SimplePaginator-0.3.1 -- data pagination without assumptions
    (I think)
  * [17]Data-Validation-0.2.56 -- Check data values for conformance with
    constraints
  * [18]Deliantra-1.22 -- Deliantra suppport module to read/write
    archetypes, maps etc.
  * [19]Deliantra-Client-0.9976
  * [20]ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.45_01 -- Create a module Makefile
  * [21]Fey-ORM-0.10 -- A Fey-based ORM
  * [22]Games-Risk-0.4.0 -- classical 'risk' board game
  * [23]Games-Risk-0.4.1 -- classical 'risk' board game
  * [24]Games-Risk-0.4.2 -- classical 'risk' board game
  * [25]Geometry-Primitive-0.10 -- Primitive Geometry Entities
  * [26]Getopt-ExPar-1.01 -- Extended Parameters command line parser.
  * [27]Graphics-Color-0.13 -- Device and library agnostic color spaces.
  * [28]Graphics-Color-0.14 -- Device and library agnostic color spaces.
  * [29]HTML-FormFu-ExtJS-0.04 -- Render and validate ExtJS forms using
    HTML::FormFu
  * [30]HTML-Formulate-0.12 -- module for producing/rendering HTML forms
  * [31]HTML-Tabulate-0.30 -- HTML table rendering class
  * [32]HTML-Template-Pro-0.71 -- Perl/XS module to use HTML Templates
    from CGI scripts
  * [33]IO-Async-0.17 -- a collection of modules that implement
    asynchronous filehandle IO
  * [34]Kephra-0.3.10.1 -- crossplatform, GUI-Texteditor along perllike
    Paradigms
  * [35]Lingua-StarDict-Gen-0.06
  * [36]MooseX-ClassAttribute-0.05 -- Declare class attributes
    Moose-style
  * [37]MooseX-Singleton-0.11 -- turn your Moose class into a singleton
  * [38]Net-Ping-Network-1.55 -- Perl extension for blah blah blah
  * [39]Object-Boolean-0.02 -- Represent boolean values as objects
  * [40]POE-Component-Server-SimpleHTTP-1.48 -- Perl extension to serve
    HTTP requests in POE.
  * [41]Parse-CPAN-MirroredBy-0.02 -- Parse MIRRORED.BY
  * [42]Scalar-Util-Refcount-1.0.2 -- Show an object's reference count
  * [43]Search-QueryParser-SQL-0.001 -- turn free-text queries into SQL
    WHERE clauses
  * [44]Sleep-0.0.3 -- A library for making REST web applications.
  * [45]Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.24 -- Write to a cross-platform Excel
    binary file.
  * [46]String-RewritePrefix-0.002 -- rewrite strings based on a set of
    known prefixes
  * [47]Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.37 -- Front-end module to collect system
    statistics
  * [48]Task-Kensho-0.0.1 -- A Glimpse at an Enlightened Perl
  * [49]Text-ASCIITable-TW-v0.03 -- add TW support for Text::ASCIITable
  * [50]TheSchwartz-Simple-0.04 -- Lightweight TheSchwartz job dispatcher
    using plain DBI
  * [51]Time-Stats-0.3 -- Easy timing info
  * [52]WWW-AtMovies-TV-v0.03 -- retrieve TV information from
    http://www.atmovies.com.tw/
  * [53]WWW-NioTV-v0.03 -- retrieve TV information from
    http://www.niotv.com/

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/09/06/1530203

Links:
    0. http://search.cpan.org/~hikarine/BDB-Wrapper-0.18
    1. http://search.cpan.org/~abw/Badger-0.02
    2. http://search.cpan.org/~ambs/Biblio-Thesaurus-0.32
    3. http://search.cpan.org/~steffenw/Bundle-DBD-PO-0.07
    4. http://search.cpan.org/~scottw/Business-PayPal-NVP-1.03
    5. http://search.cpan.org/~mab/CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Any-0.03
    6. http://search.cpan.org/~mab/CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Any-0.04
    7. http://search.cpan.org/~mab/CGI-Application-Plugin-Config-Any-0.10
    8. http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/CPAN-Indexer-Mirror-0.01
    9. http://search.cpan.org/~sgraham/Cache-CacheFactory-1.07_03
   10. http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Class-MethodCache-0.04
   11. http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/Compress-LZF-3.4
   12. http://search.cpan.org/~steffenw/DBD-PO-0.07
   13. http://search.cpan.org/~mrdvt/DBIx-Array-0.09
   14. http://search.cpan.org/~karman/DBIx-Class-RDBOHelpers-0.06
   15. http://search.cpan.org/~jbuhacoff/Data-SimplePaginator-0.3
   16. http://search.cpan.org/~jbuhacoff/Data-SimplePaginator-0.3.1
   17. http://search.cpan.org/~pjfl/Data-Validation-0.2.56
   18. http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/Deliantra-1.22
   19. http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/Deliantra-Client-0.9976
   20. http://search.cpan.org/~mschwern/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.45_01
   21. http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-ORM-0.10
   22. http://search.cpan.org/~jquelin/Games-Risk-0.4.0
   23. http://search.cpan.org/~jquelin/Games-Risk-0.4.1
   24. http://search.cpan.org/~jquelin/Games-Risk-0.4.2
   25. http://search.cpan.org/~gphat/Geometry-Primitive-0.10
   26. http://search.cpan.org/~hlhamilt/Getopt-ExPar-1.01
   27. http://search.cpan.org/~gphat/Graphics-Color-0.13
   28. http://search.cpan.org/~gphat/Graphics-Color-0.14
   29. http://search.cpan.org/~perler/HTML-FormFu-ExtJS-0.04
   30. http://search.cpan.org/~gavinc/HTML-Formulate-0.12
   31. http://search.cpan.org/~gavinc/HTML-Tabulate-0.30
   32. http://search.cpan.org/~viy/HTML-Template-Pro-0.71
   33. http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/IO-Async-0.17
   34. http://search.cpan.org/~lichtkind/Kephra-0.3.10.1
   35. http://search.cpan.org/~jjoao/Lingua-StarDict-Gen-0.06
   36. http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/MooseX-ClassAttribute-0.05
   37. http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/MooseX-Singleton-0.11
   38. http://search.cpan.org/~angerstei/Net-Ping-Network-1.55
   39. http://search.cpan.org/~bduggan/Object-Boolean-0.02
   40. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Server-SimpleHTTP-1.48
   41. http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/Parse-CPAN-MirroredBy-0.02
   42. http://search.cpan.org/~jnixon/Scalar-Util-Refcount-1.0.2
   43. http://search.cpan.org/~karman/Search-QueryParser-SQL-0.001
   44. http://search.cpan.org/~stuifzand/Sleep-0.0.3
   45. http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.24
   46. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/String-RewritePrefix-0.002
   47. http://search.cpan.org/~bloonix/Sys-Statistics-Linux-0.37
   48. http://search.cpan.org/~perigrin/Task-Kensho-0.0.1
   49. http://search.cpan.org/~alec/Text-ASCIITable-TW-v0.03
   50. http://search.cpan.org/~miyagawa/TheSchwartz-Simple-0.04
   51. http://search.cpan.org/~pmichaud/Time-Stats-0.3
   52. http://search.cpan.org/~alec/WWW-AtMovies-TV-v0.03
   53. http://search.cpan.org/~alec/WWW-NioTV-v0.03


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| Finally, META.yml customization in MakeMaker                       |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Saturday September 06, @11:58 (User Jour|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/06/1541246              |
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In a fit of wild yak shaving, I finally adapted Adriano Ferreira's patch
to allow customization of the META.yml file in MakeMaker so I can add
"resources" to Test::More. Now you can pass in data structures via
META_ADD or META_MERGE to, respectively, add/override or merge META.yml
values.

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    http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/06/1541246

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