So, does the PAUSE indexer have trouble updating the module lists?

That happens from time to time. See Is 02packages.details.txt.gz outdated?, Why isn't a newer version of a module installable from cpan?

I can confirm, it appears to have happened again :/ 

$ cpanp l HTML::Template HTTP::DetectUserAgent
[MSG] Checking if source files are up to date
Details for 'HTML::Template'
Author                   Sam Tregar (sam@tregar.com)
Description              a simple HTML templating system
Development Stage        Mature (no rigorous definition)
Interface Style          Object oriented using blessed references and/
+or inheritance
Language Used            Perl-only, no compiler needed, should be plat
+form independent
Package                  HTML-Template-2.9.tar.gz
Public License           Standard-Perl: user may choose between GPL an
+d Artistic
Support Level            Mailing-list
Version on CPAN          2.9
Contains:                HTML::Template                               
+ 2.9

Details for 'HTTP::DetectUserAgent'
Author                   Takaaki Mizuno (cpan@takaaki.info)
Description              None given
Development Stage        Unknown
Interface Style          Unknown
Language Used            Unknown
Package                  HTTP-DetectUserAgent-0.01.tar.gz
Public License           Unknown
Support Level            Unknown
Version on CPAN          0.01
Contains:                HTTP::DetectUserAgent                        
+ 0.01

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Also of interest is http://mirrors.cpan.org/ the status of CPAN mirrors

perl.org having http://log.perl.org/2011/08/network-trouble.html

In reply to Re: Why don't CPAN.pm and cpanminus update modules, even if they know about newer modules? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Why don't CPAN.pm and cpanminus update modules, even if they know about newer modules? by moritz

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