Why would you only be interested in stuff that has been updated recently? If it's old, that is more likely to mean "it just works" than "it's been abandoned and is full of bugs".
Comment on Re: Best CPAN library for named subroutine arguments/parameters
That is absolutely true, just wanted to make sure that when I select a certain CPAN library to use and include in my software distribution that it's not obsolete, or not maintained, etc. But you are right if it just works then I shouldn't care so much :-)