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

[Chris D. <ch...@cl...>]

On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:28 PM, David Golden wrote:

> 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.

That's pretty smart.  It certainly requires less coordination, and  
would work fine with normal EU::MM setups (just manually set the  
envvar).

Chris
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