Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS

Using the sqlite database provided by CPANTS I ran a few queries. (Unreasonably) assuming I understand the schema and know how to use SQL here is the list of the top 10 modules based on number of distributions directly requiring them:

sqlite> SELECT COUNT(*) cnt, requires FROM prereq GROUP BY requires OR
+DER BY cnt DESC LIMIT 10;

4324|Test::More
1181|perl
879|Carp
556|File::Spec
399|Scalar::Util
385|Test::Pod
380|LWP::UserAgent
310|DBI
292|URI
291|version
[download]

For the top 100:

4324|Test::More
1181|perl
879|Carp
556|File::Spec
399|Scalar::Util
385|Test::Pod
380|LWP::UserAgent
310|DBI
292|URI
291|version
284|Test::Exception
276|Test::Pod::Coverage
266|Test::Simple
263|Data::Dumper
248|File::Temp
242|Digest::MD5
242|POE
232|UNIVERSAL::require
228|Class::Accessor
207|Storable
205|Class::Accessor::Fast
204|Template
201|YAML
198|Catalyst
197|Module::Build
196|Time::HiRes
188|Getopt::Long
187|Exporter
181|File::Basename
177|Encode
174|DateTime
164|File::Path
164|strict
163|IO::File
153|WWW::Mechanize
152|URI::Escape
151|List::Util
151|Params::Validate
150|MIME::Base64
138|XML::Simple
131|Cwd
128|Pod::Usage
128|warnings
122|LWP
122|XML::LibXML
120|HTML::Entities
118|DBD::SQLite
116|Kwiki
115|CGI
115|File::Slurp
114|HTTP::Request
114|Log::Log4perl
113|POSIX
111|LWP::Simple
103|Class::Data::Inheritable
103|Moose
101|Class::DBI
98|File::Copy
94|Readonly
92|List::MoreUtils
92|Test::Compile
90|File::Find::Rule
83|Digest::SHA1
80|Path::Class
79|CGI::Application
79|File::Find
79|Tk
78|Params::Util
78|Parse::RecDescent
78|Test::Builder
75|FindBin
75|HTML::Parser
74|Compress::Zlib
74|DBIx::Class
71|XML::Parser
69|Fcntl
68|Error
68|Test
65|Exception::Class
65|Test::Perl::Critic
65|base
62|Catalyst::Runtime
62|IO::Scalar
62|Module::Pluggable
62|Socket
61|NEXT
61|Time::Local
60|GD
60|Test::Harness
59|Date::Parse
59|Test::Differences
58|ExtUtils::MakeMaker
58|HTML::TreeBuilder
57|Regexp::Common
56|Test::Warn
55|Class::Inspector
55|Test::MockObject
53|Filter::Simple
53|YAML::Syck
51|Clone
[download]

If we only want to include modules that are distributed on CPAN (including the dual life modules) then we have the following:

sqlite> SELECT COUNT(*) cnt, requires FROM prereq WHERE requires NOT I
+N (SELECT module FROM modules WHERE dist=0) GROUP BY requires ORDER B
+Y cnt DESC LIMIT 10;

4324|Test::More
556|File::Spec
399|Scalar::Util
385|Test::Pod
380|LWP::UserAgent
310|DBI
292|URI
291|version
284|Test::Exception
276|Test::Pod::Coverage
[download]

and the top 100:

4324|Test::More
556|File::Spec
399|Scalar::Util
385|Test::Pod
380|LWP::UserAgent
310|DBI
292|URI
291|version
284|Test::Exception
276|Test::Pod::Coverage
266|Test::Simple
263|Data::Dumper
248|File::Temp
242|Digest::MD5
242|POE
232|UNIVERSAL::require
228|Class::Accessor
207|Storable
205|Class::Accessor::Fast
204|Template
201|YAML
198|Catalyst
197|Module::Build
196|Time::HiRes
188|Getopt::Long
177|Encode
174|DateTime
164|File::Path
153|WWW::Mechanize
152|URI::Escape
151|List::Util
151|Params::Validate
150|MIME::Base64
138|XML::Simple
131|Cwd
128|Pod::Usage
122|LWP
122|XML::LibXML
120|HTML::Entities
118|DBD::SQLite
116|Kwiki
115|File::Slurp
114|HTTP::Request
114|Log::Log4perl
111|LWP::Simple
103|Class::Data::Inheritable
103|Moose
101|Class::DBI
94|Readonly
92|List::MoreUtils
92|Test::Compile
90|File::Find::Rule
83|Digest::SHA1
80|Path::Class
79|CGI::Application
79|Tk
78|Params::Util
78|Parse::RecDescent
78|Test::Builder
75|HTML::Parser
74|Compress::Zlib
74|DBIx::Class
71|XML::Parser
68|Error
65|Exception::Class
65|Test::Perl::Critic
62|Catalyst::Runtime
62|IO::Scalar
62|Module::Pluggable
61|Time::Local
60|GD
60|Test::Harness
59|Date::Parse
59|Test::Differences
58|ExtUtils::MakeMaker
58|HTML::TreeBuilder
57|Regexp::Common
56|Test::Warn
55|Class::Inspector
55|Test::MockObject
53|Filter::Simple
53|YAML::Syck
51|Clone
51|Math::BigInt
51|Test::Deep
50|SOAP::Lite
49|Sub::Exporter
49|Text::Balanced
48|Crypt::SSLeay
48|HTTP::Response
47|Date::Calc
47|HTTP::Request::Common
47|IO::String
46|File::HomeDir
46|Time::Piece
45|Gtk2
45|Test::Builder::Tester
44|HTML::TokeParser
44|Test::Base
43|Carp::Clan
[download]

Someone with more SQL-fu might be able to generate the list of top 10 modules when including all the other distributions that don't directly require a module.

Comment on Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS Select or Download Code

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Re: Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS by domm (Chaplain) on Apr 19, 2008 at 18:49 UTC
I didn't look at the SQL yet, but I definitly want to include something like this to cpants.perl.org. `-- #!/usr/bin/perl for(ref bless{},just'another'perl'hacker){s-:+-$"-g&&print$_.$/}` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS by educated_foo (Vicar) on Apr 19, 2008 at 14:16 UTC
385\|Test::Pod This makes me sad. Here are 385 obvious and trivially-fixable bugs on CPAN.	[reply]
Re^2: Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS by elmex (Friar) on Apr 19, 2008 at 14:26 UTC
Hmm, what do you mean with that? Do you mean that distributions don't have to come with Test::Pod? What about Test::Pod::Coverage?	[reply]
Re^3: Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS by educated_foo (Vicar) on Apr 19, 2008 at 16:15 UTC
I mean that testing documentation on installation is stupid and wrong. These are tests that should be run only by the module author.	[reply]
Re^4: Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS by elmex (Friar) on Apr 19, 2008 at 16:30 UTC
Re^5: Top prerequisites based on data from CPANTS by domm (Chaplain) on Apr 19, 2008 at 18:48 UTC
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