Re: [Module::Build] [RFC] author tests

[David G. <da...@hy...>]

Chris Dolan wrote:
> I am not wed to the t/*.ta convention or the name of the ACTION.   What 
> do others think of the concept in general?

What if "authortest" instead set an environment variable prior to 
running the normal "test" action?  (Look at "testcover" as an example of 
  this.)

Then .t files could take various actions based on the presence of that 
environment variable.  At the most basic -- just skip_all.  However, 
this would also allow perhaps more diagnostic information to be provided 
for the author if desired.

My point is that making it *.ta specific allows only one way of doing 
author testing.  The environment variable way just signals that author 
testing is being requested and lets the existing test scripts choose how 
to respond.

Regards,
David