Suggestions for additional evaluation criteria (most don't even require installation -- just links from search.cpan.org)

• What does the version history look like? have there been multiple versions or just one?
• Does it have any reviews? are the comments positive?
• When browsing the source tree, are there many tests?
• What do the test result stats look like? have people with your architecture and perl version gotten test failures?
• Is it in the phalanx? what do it's coverage stats look like?
• Are there robust perldocs?
• What dependencies does it have?
• What is the percentage of unresolved bugs on rt.cpan.org? (don't consider it a negative if there are no bugs at all, it might not be used)
• Does it have a mailing list with public archives? is there a healthy amount of traffic on that list?