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

[Rob K. <rob...@gm...>]

On 2/2/06, Chris Dolan <ch...@cl...> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Rob Kinyon wrote:
> > 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.

It's not INcompatible with EU::MM ... just not completely compatible.
If you use a MB-generated Makefile.PL (as I do), then MB would specify
the test files by hand using the TESTS parameter to WriteMakefile(). I
don't think there's an easy way to add to a new command to EU::MM, but
if there was, then we could add the testfull command there, too.

If you hand-generate your Makefile.PL, then it's your responsability
to make sure that it's equivalent to the Build.PL, as it always has
been.

Rob