On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Pros: >> + In theory is safer than full smoke, since only testing "trusted" >> distros (and their deps) -- the user trusted the distro enough to >> install it in the first place. > > For additional safety you might want to limit the installations to > > 1) Modules that already have N reports in the database > meaning that some other testers have already tested it. > > 2) Modules that have been on CPAN for at least M days > hoping that if the module and its tests do something bad > someone has already caught this, reported to the > "rulers of CPAN" and the module was taken off CPAN.
ah -- i like those! Suggestions on defaults for N & M? I guess i'll look at my installed systems as examples and see what gets excluded for different values ... Any thoughts on CPAN::Reporter::Smoker::Safer for the namespace? i also like ::Installed, but taking into account the above, which shifts the focus a little, I'm leaning toward ::Safer. (does ::Safer imply a negative connotation towards CPAN::Reporter::Smoker?) thanks, --david
