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

[Christopher H. L. <cl...@ch...>]

Chris Dolan wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
>=20
>>     If they're not a developer, what are they doing running unit tests=

>> in the first place??? End users typically install applications, which
>> either
>> prebundle a whole bunch of perl packages or rely on some package
>> management
>> system (ppm, deb, etc) to separate real dependancies from build
>> dependancies
>> for them and only install what they need.
>=20
> The end users may be in a different environment from me.  I usually onl=
y
> tests Perl 5.8.6 on OS X and Linux before release, so I rely on other
> installers to provide bug reports for me.
>=20
>>     I think in this case Test::Pod should be a build_requires... Your
>> other examples (copyright.t, etc) obviously will only work on your
>> system so
>> it makes sense for those to have some sort of special treatment.
>=20
> Test::Pod is different from general regression tests.  POD should eithe=
r
> pass on all systems or fail on all.  In what scenario would POD fail on=

> a non-developer system. =20


Manifying problems...ala troff/pod2html/pod2man issues....

-=3DChris