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

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

On Feb 2, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Rob Kinyon wrote:

> What about doing the following:
> 1) Create a testfull action (vs. the normal test action - see
> testcover as precedence). This will run all the tests in test_files
> and fulltest_files
> 2) test_files is kept as t/*.t
> 3) fulltest_files is added as an option
>
> If you want to differentiate between regular tests and full tests,
> then you, as the author, are expected to use fulltest_files (and
> possibly test_files) to differentiate. Anything listed in
> fulltest_files (globs permitted) will be EXCLUDED from test_files.
>
> This is, obviously, not quite compatible with EU::MM, but I don't
> think that's a problem.

That last paragraph is the show-stopper.  If it doesn't work with  
EU::MM then it's DOA.  This is why I initially proposed the *.ta  
suffix, but now prefer the envvar trigger.  The envvar trigger is the  
most backward- and cross-compatible suggestion to date, at the  
expense of making the *.t files a tiny bit more complicated.

Chris
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