It has a recent release The newest release passes all its tests Its tests have good coverage It is of high kwalitee It has many MetaCPAN ++s There are no long-standing open bugs It is pure perl (ie. no XS) It has no/few non-core dependencies Many other modules use it The author is prolific It is as generic as possible The licence is acceptable (Artistic/GPL/BSD - delete as appropriate) It has good reviews* It has extensive and clear documentation It is recommended by a Monk
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