The WWW::Freshmeat::Project object provides some of the fields from the freshmeat.net entry through the following methods
WWW::Freshmeat::Project
URL of project page on Freshmeat
deprecated
Removed.
Additionally, it provides the following "higher-level" methods:
Return either projectname_full (respectively desc_full) or projectname_short (respectively desc_short) if the former is empty.
projectname_full
desc_full
projectname_short
desc_short
Returns the version of the latest release.
url_homepage returns a freshmeat.net URL that redirects to the actual project's home page. This url() method tries to follow the redirection and returns the actual homepage URL if it can be found, or the URL to the freshmeat.net entry for the project.
url_homepage
List of branches for project. Returns hash in form of (branch id => branch name).
Freshmeat popularity data for project. Returns hash with keys record_hits, url_hits, subscribers
Returns list of URLs for project. Each URL is a WWW::Freshmeat::Project::URL object.
Returns name of author (not maintainer).
Returns date of latest release.
Returns list of names of maintainers.
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To install WWW::Freshmeat, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Freshmeat
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Freshmeat
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.