| URI::PackageURL 2.26 is on CPAN. URI-PackageURL implements two specifications that are becoming central to software supply-chain security: PURL ( Package URL , standardized as ECMA-427 ): a uniform way to identify a software package across ecosystems ( pkg:cpan/URI-PackageURL@2.26 ) VERS ( Version Range ): a universal notation for version ranges ( vers:cpan/>=2.00 | ) It ships with two CLI tools, purl-tool and vers-tool , and depends only on core modules. What’s new The new cpan PURL type The main change is support for the updated cpan type definition in purl-spec. |