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Mark Gardner<a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@demiguise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@demiguise</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Codeberg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@metacpan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@metacpan</a> You can host a repo anywhere or not at all. There are plenty of <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> modules whose *only* public source is <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>; patches may be submitted via email, RT, or the author may not accept contributions at all.

Mark GardnerEt voilà, the latest version of my <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> module and script for writing to the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a> Unified Log, no <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/ObjectiveC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ObjectiveC</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Swift</a> required!* <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>: <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a> * source on <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Codeberg</a>: <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a>The contributing guide tells you all you need to know about how to develop this module either with <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DistZilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DistZilla</a> or without: <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/contribute" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/contribute</a>/ <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Codeberg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@metacpan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@metacpan</a><a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DZil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DZil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Codeberg</a>

Mark GardnerSorry to all the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/dzil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dzil</a> haters, but in the end I'm going back to Dist::Zilla for this and my other <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> distributions. I tried the alternatives, but they all failed me for one reason or another.And in the end, it's just hard to argue with a negative line count delta.The good news is that I've got it configured to maintain build/main and build/release branches that one can fork and contribute to without having to install all my dependencies.I think I feel another blog post coming on.

Adam - K3CANHappy 30th CPAN Day!Thirty years ago today, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network received its first upload: the sysdump module.<a href="https://social.k3can.us/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a> <a href="https://social.k3can.us/tags/cpan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cpan</a> <a href="https://social.k3can.us/tags/cpanday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cpanday</a>

FErkiHappy <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> day, everyone!On this day 30 years ago, 1995-08-16, the Comprehensive <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> Archive Network had its first module upload.How do you folks celebrate?

Mark GardnerHey <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> authors, you have Opinions on how to best develop and package <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> modules. What's the best way in 2025?I've used Dist::Zilla, but there are other options that might encourage contributors who don't use it. What are they?I'm using a plain ExtUtils::MakeMaker-based setup for <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a>, but keeping prerequisites and version numbers in sync is a chore. I'd like to adopt a better workflow for my other dists.

Mark GardnerGood news! My <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> module now successfully logs “Debug” entries to <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a>’ Unified Log!I've updated the blog post at <a href="https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/08/10/perl-macos-oslog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/08/10/perl-macos-oslog/</a> to reflect this development.See <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/commit/8b215f66909c9b74d73e33fdf0feb2b7e25f8c63" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/commit/8b215f66909c9b74d73e33fdf0feb2b7e25f8c63</a> for the differences, or <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a> for the latest version.<a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>, here I come!

Salve J. NilsenRest in Peace, Matt S Trout (MST). This makes me sad. 😢<a href="https://www.shadowcat.co.uk/2025/07/09/ripples-they-cause-in-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.shadowcat.co.uk/2025/07/09/ripples-they-cause-in-the-world/</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cpan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cpan</a>

Salve J. NilsenAt the German <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> Workshop, I had the privilege to organize a panel about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> and it's related communities.Together with Ferenc Erki (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ferki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ferki</a>), Julien Fiegehenn (simbabque), and Sören M. Laird Sörries (<a href="https://k8s.social/@relais" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@relais</a>), we talked about meet-ups, volunteering, mental health, funding, and much more. It was great!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6uhTCUWig" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6uhTCUWig</a>(With apologies for the annoying apple emojis that pop up during the session)<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ossustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ossustainability</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sustainoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainoss</a>

Salve J. NilsenOn my way to Leipzig for the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> toolchain summit!Hoping to work on a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CRA</a> Steward concept for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> and have productive discussions around <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metadata</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compliance</a> with the attendees.Wish me luck, and👋if you care! 😊

Salve J. NilsenYay! The <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Security</a> Group (CPANSec) was just acknowledged as a CVE Numbering Authority!This means that from now on, this group will be responsible for registering and managing <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CVE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CVE</a>'s on behalf of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> ecosystems and communities.Read the announcements here: <a href="https://security.metacpan.org/2025/02/25/cpansec-is-cna-for-perl-and-cpan.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://security.metacpan.org/2025/02/25/cpansec-is-cna-for-perl-and-cpan.html</a>

Salve J. NilsenAre you an "org geek" (or "bylaws geek") interested in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CRA</a> (EU Cyber Resilience Act) and it's consequences on the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> posture of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> ecosystems like <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a>'s <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rakulang</a>'s <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/rakuland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rakuland</a> ?Join us on the TPRF Slack to explore what such an organization might look like!

AnubhavModule::Runtime (dependency of some module) installation has not happened as it is currently stuck on <<a href="https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=158669" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=158669</a>>.For background, see Addressing CPAN vulnerabilities related to checksums <<a href="https://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html</a>> (archived: <<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240723034457/https://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20240723034457/https://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html</a>>), 202111, and the comments.(Removed: References to Math::GMP, & gmp, as I started doubting the dependency chain due to not having access to the installation log currently.)<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>

David Cantrell 🏏Back in 2004 (yes, 2004, that's not a typo) I asked if support for the `lchown()` system call could be added to POSIX.pm, which is part of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a> 5 core, so that I could use it in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rsnapshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rsnapshot</a> and users wouldn't have to install the third-party Lchown.pm off the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>. "Yes", people said, and it was.20 years later I have finally created a PR to use the feature I asked for.Do I win a prize for being the slowest programmer ever?

Salve J. Nilsen<a href="https://mastodon.online/@Mumonkan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Mumonkan</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@nxadm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nxadm</a> Hah! "Mongers" is something anyone can be. The only "requirement" is that one cares about the part of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> world that involves <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> and related. 😄 Happy to hang out! I'm arriving Friday \o/

Salve J. NilsenFun to drop in at <a href="https://chaos.social/@hackeriet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hackeriet</a> and get a question: "Do you know of a simple way to monitor uptime for my server?" and immediately show them <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@oalders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@oalders</a>'s <a href="https://www.prettygoodping.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.prettygoodping.com/</a> project.Result: "Hey, this was convenient!"(Made with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>!)

Salve J. Nilsen<a href="https://rivals.space/@smonff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@smonff</a> Damian Conway just introduced us (at TPRC in Las Vegas) to his alternatives on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>, now that given/when and smartmatching have been deprecated and are scheduled to be removed in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> 5.42.Maybe worth a look? 🙂 <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/Switch::Back" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/pod/Switch::Back</a> <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/Switch::Right" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/pod/Switch::Right</a> (when you use 5.36+)

Salve J. NilsenThis is some of the best content one can find in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>, and it was at <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tprc24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tprc24</a>, the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RakuLang</a> conference! 😁As usual, Damian Conway's content is brilliant and two leagues above everyone else; in quality and cleverness and humor and sheer mindfsckery.If you're not familiar with his works, take a look at this talk!You won't regret it, even if he seemingly "just" talks about some modules he released on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> (hah!). 😅 10/10 would recommend again!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9LD8oOmv0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9LD8oOmv0</a>

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺Once upon a time, I used to take an active part in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> Pull Request Challenge (and later in the Pull Request Club). When addresssing Perl::Critic violations in my assignment for the month, one violation which tended to crop up often was stringy eval. Generally, this is something to be avoided. But how? In the post below I discuss recommended best practices and some other options.<a href="https://peateasea.de/avoiding-stringy-eval-in-perl/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://peateasea.de/avoiding-stringy-eval-in-perl/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a>

Salve J. NilsenDear <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>, <a href="https://perl.social/profile/cpan_security" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@cpan_security</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Toolchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toolchain</a> folks, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sovtechfund</a> has a survey about creating a fellowship program for resource-starved communities like ours!Please take 10 minutes out of your time to reply to their survey here: <a href="https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/968766" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/968766</a>(Via <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@debbryant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@debbryant</a>)

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