Module::Versions::Report - report versions of all modules in memory

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I often get email from someone reporting a bug in a module I've written. I email back, asking what version of the module it is, what version of Perl on what OS, and sometimes what version of some relevent third library (like XML::Parser). They reply,...

Module::Version - Get module versions

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Module::MetaInfo - Report meta information from perl module distribution files

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This module is designed to provide the primary interface to Perl meta information for perl module distribution files (this, however, is a prototype and hasn't yet been accepted by the "perl community", so don't count on it yet). The module is designe...

Build::Daily - module to update daily versions for Module::Build and ExtUtils::MakeMaker

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Updates $VERSION string based on current date or forced string. This allows to create daily/commit builds. FUNCTIONS...

Module::Lazy - postpone loading a module until it's actually used

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In large projects loading all the dependencies may take a lot of time. This module attempts to reduce the startup time by postponing initialization. The improvement be significant for unit test scripts and small command-line tools which do not utiliz...

Module::Info - Information about Perl modules

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Module::Info gives you information about Perl modules without actually loading the module. It actually isn't specific to modules and should work on any perl code....

Module::Build - Build and install Perl modules

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"Module::Build" is a system for building, testing, and installing Perl modules. It is meant to be an alternative to "ExtUtils::MakeMaker". Developers may alter the behavior of the module through subclassing. It also does not require a "make" on your ...

Module::Which - find version and path of locally installed modules

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"Module::Which" provides the "which()" function, which takes the name of one or more modules, and returns information about those modules if they're intalled locally, including the version and the path. "Module::Which" is the basis of the script "whi...

Module::Patch - Patch package with a set of patches

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Module::Patch is basically a convenient way to define and bundle a set of patches. Actual patching is done by Monkey::Patch::Action, which provides lexically scoped patching. There are two ways to use this module: * subclass it This is used for conve...

Module::Changes - Machine-readable Changes file

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If you are looking for an overview of what "Module-Changes" is about, see the documentation of the "changes" program. This class is the heart of the Module-Changes distribution. It is a factory that can make relevant objects. You can subclass this mo...

Module::Features - Define features for modules

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This document specifies a very easy and lightweight way to define and declare features for modules. A definer module defines some features in a feature set, other modules declare these features that they have or don't have, and user can easily check ...

Module::AutoInstall - Automatic install of dependencies via CPAN

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Module::AutoInstall lets module writers to specify a more sophisticated form of dependency information than the "PREREQ_PM" option offered by ExtUtils::MakeMaker. This module works best with the Module::Install framework, a drop-in replacement for Ma...

CPANPLUS::Selfupdate - self-updating for CPANPLUS

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Module::Build::Bundle - subclass for supporting Tasks and Bundles

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FEATURES * Autogeneration of POD for Bundle and Task distributions via a build action * Links to required/listed distributions, with or without versions * Links to specific versions of distributions for perl 5.12.0 or newer if a version is specified ...

Module::Math::Depends - Convenience object for manipulating module dependencies

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This is a small convenience module created originally as part of Module::Inspector but released seperately, in the hope that people might find it useful in other contexts....

Module::CoreList::More - More functions for Module::CoreList

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This module is my experiment for providing more functionality to (or related to) Module::CoreList. Some ideas include: faster functions, more querying functions, more convenience functions. When I've got something stable and useful to show for, I'll ...

Module::Install::Bundle - Bundle distributions along with your distribution

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Module::Install::Bundle allows you to bundle a CPAN distribution within your distribution. When your end-users install your distribution, the bundled distribution will be installed along with yours, unless a newer version of the bundled distribution ...

Module::Metadata::Changes - Manage machine-readable Changes/CHANGES/Changelog.ini files

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Module::Metadata::Changes is a pure Perl module. It allows you to convert old-style Changes/CHANGES files, and to read and write Changelog.ini files. =head1 Distributions This module is available as a Unix-style distro (*.tgz). See http://savage.net...

Module::Install::DiffCheck - Run diff commands looking for deployment problems

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If you use a version control system to deploy your applications you might find this module useful. How we check our database schemas Here, I describe the specifics of how we use this where I work, in case you find this practical example illustrative....

Module::Pluggable::Ordered - Call module plugins in a specified order

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This module behaves exactly the same as "Module::Pluggable", supporting all of its options, but also mixes in the "call_plugins" and "plugins_ordered" methods to your class. "call_plugins" acts a little like "Class::Trigger"; it takes the name of a m...