Author: Michael G Schwern Title: Module Authoring Documentation Synopsis: Write documentation targeted specifically at Perl module authors using both Module::Build and MakeMaker. This includes basic authoring tutorials, information about XS and a cookbook for advanced issues. Specifically separate the documentation to address the different concerns. Also complete the author API documentation of both Module::Build and MakeMaker. Separate basic and advanced API information for easier reading. Author Michael G Schwern Title

Author: Michael G Schwern Title: CPAN Stability Project Synopsis: The CPAN Stability Project is intended to improve the usability of CPAN over long term use by providing a way to choose between safe releases vs newest releases as well as to better guarantee that upgrading will not break anything. It draws heavily on Debian's release management and tiers Name Michael G Schwern Title CPAN Stability Project Synopsis The CPAN Stability

Author: John Beppu Title: Squatting On Everything Synopsis: Squatting is unique among web frameworks, because it has the ability to embed itself into other frameworks. This ability has been demonstrated with the Squatting::On::Catalyst module that shows that you can take a whole Squatting application and embed it directly into a Catalyst application. I'd like to expand Squatting's range by writing adapters for more frameworks and environments. Author John Beppu Title

Authors: Igor Sanchez-Puls and Rene Sanchez-Puls Title: Rufus Synopsis: Build a preprocessor for PASM and a language with PASM like syntax Name Igor Sanchez-Puls and Rene Sanchez-Puls Project Title Rufus Synopsis Build a preprocessor for PASM and a language with PASM like syntax Benefits to the Perl Community A nice approach "bottom-up" from PASM and tools for making easier PASM programming. Deliverables A PASM preprocessor "Rufus preprocessor" and a "Rufus

Author: Kieren Diment Title: The Perl Survey From "Pilot" to Production Synopsis: In 2007 Kirrily Robert organised and administered the Perl survey to provide a snapshot of the Perl community. In particular she made significant effort to recruit as many people as possible, resulting in a sample size of around 4500 responses Author Kieren Diment Project Title The Perl Survey From "Pilot" to Production Synopsis In 2007 Kirrily Robert organised

Author: Andrew Shitov Title: Barcode support in Act Synopsis: Integrate a set of tools into A Conference Toolkit that will allow on-site registration with barcodes. Name Andrew Shitov Project Title Barcode support in Act Synopsis Integrate a set of tools into A Conference Toolkit that will allow on-site registration with barcodes. Benefits to the Perl Community Using barcodes during the registration process allows speeding up on-site registration at Perl workshops

Author: Vadim Konovalov Title: Tcl/Tk access for Rakudo Synopsis: Implement Tk GUI interface for Rakudo. Author Vadim Konovalov Project Title Tcl/Tk access for Rakudo Synopsis Implement Tk GUI interface for Rakudo. Benefits to the Perl Community Powerful console-based utility is useful, but it becomes much more attractive when it has ability to easily create interfaces, so demos and screenshots will be better looking. Given that Tk 8.5 as compared to

Author: Vadim Konovalov Title: Perl cross-compilation for linux and wince Synopsis: Right now cross-compilation is largerly incomplete. The proposal is to develop current cross-compiling of perl into the normal quality stage. Author Vadim Konovalov Title Perl cross-compilation for linux and wince Synopsis Right now cross-compilation is largerly incomplete. The proposal is to develop current cross-compiling of perl into the normal quality stage. Benefits to the Perl Community From time to

Author: Colin Smith Title: Extending BSDPAN Synopsis: Refactor the BSDPAN module into a generic and extensible solution for bridging CPAN with UNIX packaging systems. Author Colin Smith Title Extending BSDPAN Synopsis Refactor the BSDPAN module into a generic and extensible solution for bridging CPAN with UNIX packaging systems. Benefits to the Perl Community The wealth of freely available code CPAN represents is one of the Perl language's greatest strengths. Tighter

Author Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson Title Improve POE::Component::IRC Synopsis: I will improve POE::Component::IRC by overhauling its test suite, adding more features, fixing bugs and writing more documentation. Author Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson, hinrik.sig@gmail.com Title Improve POE::Component::IRC Synopsis I will improve POE::Component::IRC by overhauling its test suite, adding more features, fixing bugs and writing more documentation. Benefits PoCo::IRC is the most modern IRC client module for Perl out there. It is used for