On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Barbie <bar...@missbarbell.co.uk> wrote: >> I fundamentally disagree with those kind of heuristics, which is why I >> haven't implemented them in CPAN::Reporter. > > Why? If an OS specific distribution fails on an OS it isn't meant for a > NA report is the correct one.
I'm opposed to heuristics based on filename (or package name), for three reasons (a) because they are a pain to maintan, (b) it presupposed that *nothing* in that namespace would ever run on another platform, (c) it doesn't reflect the end-user experience. With respect to (c), things like Devel::AssertOS cause an early failure with a clear message that something doesn't work on a particular OS. That's a much better approach than having something die in the middle of "make" or "make test" with some obscure error that doesn't clearly indicate it's an OS issue. -- David
