WowYES!

#Perl ❤️

Presenting right now, 9:30, ... just finished,
on TPRC 2024 Las Vegas (sadly: remotely :) ),

Koha Open Source Ambassadors Initiative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRDuXJHgbs

follow: @PerlNews / https://t.me/PerlNews

And fill out the form telling your interests, ideas, proposals or even hesitations here: https://PerlKohaCon.fi/ambassadors

and share the word.

Let's give this Perl and Koha Communities-unity a go!

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❗️EVERYONE! Critical update for OpenSSH ❗️

regreSSHion - A New OpenSSH Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

On July 1, 2024, OpenSSH released version 9.8 that includes security
update for a critical vulnerability in sshd(8).

We compiled a summary of the vulnerability history, affected versions, and mitigation steps. Check it out: https://netbird.io/knowledge-hub/regresshion-openssh-rce-attack

BIBFRAME Workshop in Europe 2024

@nugged: I am now here:
https://www.bfwe.eu/helsinki_2024

The aim of the BIBFRAME Workshop in Europe is to be a forum for sharing knowledge about the practice of, production with, and planning of BIBFRAME implementation.
We bring together people working in the transition from MARC to Linked Data using the BIBFRAME model and related tools.
The workshop areas are strongly focused on the practical implementation of BIBFRAME, not a theoretical Linked Data / Semantic Web event.

I will talk with BIBFRAME People here mostly from Koha POV.

if someone want to steer me for some particular topics - please message me in any way (https://t.me/nugged on mobile the fastest).

Or in Koha Community Mattermost: https://chat.koha-community.org/koha-community/pl/7cen15xo83ggdkd8r5me53n68w

PERL PEOPLE please follow here: @PerlNews

... this to announce, that KohaCon'24 is already started
and being streamed, live stream is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifg0G4xnMoM

find all info here:
https://2024.kohacon.org

🐪 Perl Community-related info
and call to FOLLOW:
@PerlNews (for Perl life & Koha dev)
@PerlKohaCon (for Koha usage),

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KohaCon itself is more about exchange of Libraries (and expert librarians) experience in usage of Koha ILS, the Very Perl Product,

and also exchange of Perl-related knowledge among Koha developers from associated organizations, especially how to use full Perl and related Software stack to make the most of it for Koha,

So, the talks are more oriented around Libraries-as-users-vs-Software-Product, but we also have Perl Dev talks in the background and Perl Community attention is needed for the Koha Community.

Andrii and the team will continue informing Perl people outside of the Koha sphere about this.

More info will be available here on https://t.me/PerlNews
and some more Libraries-only related on https://t.me/perlkohacon channels.

Feel free to contact Andrii on any topic related both communities: linkedin.com/in/nugged

// #KohaCon #Koha #Perl #KohaCon24 #PerlKohaCon

DAY 2 STREAM of 2024.kohacon.org:

https://www.youtube.com/live/ByaJABOE5dU

// #KohaCon #Koha #Perl #KohaCon24 #PerlKohaCon

Dec 18,
Happy Birthday Perl!

... it started in 1987, 37 years ago.

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Happy Birthday, Perl! Today marks 37 years since Larry Wall first released this remarkable language. Over nearly four decades, Perl has grown into a powerful, versatile toolkit for everything from system administration to web development, thriving in a vibrant ecosystem that welcomes innovation.

Far from resting on its laurels, Perl’s community continues to produce exciting projects and updates. Koha, the leading open-source library system, stands as a flagship success story. Built with Perl, Koha’s global adoption in countless libraries demonstrates Perl’s enduring relevance and capacity to deliver mission-critical solutions.

The conversation around Perl remains lively: developers still gather over Advent calendars, producing daily insights and experiments that highlight the language’s flexibility. CPAN—the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network—keeps growing, offering tens of thousands of modules for just about any task.

As we celebrate another year, we salute Perl’s past and present, and look forward to its future expansions. Long live Perl and the projects that carry its banner forward!


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and to give the kudos for one famous author, who helped us to learn Perl through the time together with Larry Wall and brian d foy, there one talk published just today by The Perl and Raku Conference:

Randal Schwartz / Half My Life with Perl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fffJnNTcLog

AND MORE LATEST ARTICLES FROM THE COMMUNITY:

Half My Life with Perl
perladvent.org

Day 19: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
pdl.perl.org

Objective Decisions
blogs.perl.org

Randal Schwartz / Half My Life with Perl
www.youtube.com

Santa will be watching
perladvent.org

Day 18: How to use PDL to draw a Mandelbrot Set
pdl.perl.org

My Python Language Solution to Task 2: Nested Array from The Weekly Challenge 300
dev.to

My Python Language Solution to Task 1: Beautiful Arrangement from The Weekly Challenge 300
dev.to

Annotating Christmas Trees
perladvent.org

Day 17: New operations for Perl Data Language
pdl.perl.org

Worth to note in memoriam of mst
( https://t.me/PerlNews/46 )

sad news but worth to reveal respect for mst,
especially, for DBIx::Class, for example, what Koha Community living with!

Thank you, mst!

Koha minor release for latest version:v25.05.02 released

Koha 25.05.02 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 25 enhancements, 96 bugfixes.

https://koha-community.org/koha-25-05-02-released/

and other releases for older versions:
https://koha-community.org/news/

German Perl Workshop 2026
Berlin. 16-18 March 2026
https://act.yapc.eu/gpw2026/news

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One of the most active and rather big Perl community gathering nowadays.

Koha people worth to pay attention.


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src by Corion (https://t.me/perlcon/8510):

German Perl Workshop 2026 - in Berlin from 16.-18. March 2026: https://act.yapc.eu/gpw2026/news

And more Perl and Koha events, this year:

this weekend, another very dense Perl community, yapcjapan:

14-15/11 YAPC::Fukuoka 2025

(ref by JF)

Uprising and actively developed Perl product,
really related and meaningful for Perl nowadays:

KohaCon 2025 in New Zealand:
https://2025.kohacon.org

Te Hokinga Mai | Coming Home – Celebrating 25 Years of Koha

17-23 November 2025, Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Join us in celebrating 25 years of open source innovation and community collaboration. Together, we weave the past and future of Koha, strengthening the bonds that make our community unique.

Registration link: https://kohacon25-1.lilregie.com/ (note: only required for in-person attendance, see the announcement)

Conference website: https://2025.kohacon.org/

Conference schedule
View the provisional programme on the KohaCon25 conference website (the schedule is subject to change as the event date approaches).

Conference Days (17–19 November 2025): Presentations, keynotes, and discussions exploring Koha’s journey and future

Day 1: Monday, 17 November 2025
Day 2: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Day 3: Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Cultural Activities Day (20 November 2025): Opportunities to experience Wellington

Working Together Days (21–23 November 2025): Collaborative workshops, development sprints, and community building

Day 4: Friday, 21 November 2025
Day 5: Saturday, 22 November 2025
Day 6: Sunday, 23 November 2025

KohaCon25 partners and sponsors
KohaCon25 is made possible through the generous support of our partners and sponsors:

Pounamu Sponsors: ByWater Solutions, Catalyst IT, Biteca, Open Fifth
Tūhua Sponsors: Auckland University of Technology (AUT), LMSCloud
Pāua Sponsors: Bob and Irma Birchall, Patu To The Face As a Service

and we glad to remark reviving and now returning to be regular, LPW, "yet another big Perl mongers area":

London Perl & Raku Workshop 2025

29th November 2025,
The Trampery, Old Street, London

http://londonperlworkshop.com/
https://act.yapc.eu/lpw2025/

(ref by JF)

nowadays it's easy to track those which possible remotely, so, Perl (and Koha/Dev people), if you can't be there by person — track channels, talks, give some shout and participate in dicsussions online around!