On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Graham Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I disagree. When CPAN testers was setup, a FAIL was sent if the tests > failed. If the Makefile.PL does not complete then you cannot know if the > tests fail or not, hence an UNKNOWN situation
That may have been the original intent, but it wasn't how CPANPLUS implemented it, apparently, and that was what I took as a reference standard when I wrote CPAN::Reporter. I'm open to reverting back to that behavior (in CPAN::Reporter at least and perhaps we can send Jos a patch) if there's consensus to do so. It certainly would make UNKNOWN a far more useful grade than it is currently. -- David
