Should we be bothered, as this probably just means that no new features have been added or that there are no new bugs and that it's stable.

It could mean those things. Or it could mean that the module didn't prove very useful to anyone, in which case no one has been concerned as to how well it works.

Two things you can do: (1) Download the module and test it with Devel::Cover to get coverage stats. If the coverage is high, that doesn't necessarily mean the code is bug-free (as I've learned the hard way with my own modules). But if the coverage is low, it means the author didn't thoroughly test the code in the first place -- which doesn't mean that it's not useful or has bugs, but simply that there are more unexplored places where bugs might be lurking.

(2) Contact the authors and see if they're still using and supporting the code.

Jim Keenan

In reply to Re: Business::WorldPay::Junior and last release date by jkeenan1
in thread Business::WorldPay::Junior and last release date by ghenry

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