It might also vary by platform. David
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Barbie <bar...@missbarbell.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Karen, > > Going back to your original thought... > > >> (Other testers: should we put a minimum bar on the acceptable version of >> CPAN.pm/CPANPLUS for smoking, if we know that earlier versions are >> guaranteed to produce bad results? I've thought about adding a check >> right >> in Makefile.PL for the version of the cpan client (for information >> purposes >> only - that wouldn't affect the outcome of the build) -- what versions >> should I be looking for?) > > > Specifically for the smokers, this might not be a bad thing. However, it can > still be nice to see whether the base install (including the toolchain) is > capable of getting a PASS report. Sadly, it isn't easy to detect this > currently, so that the reports site could selectively allow you to ignore > FAILs on base installs, where a newer part of the toolchain exists. > > If we were to recommend a minimum version for each part of the toolchain > (and smoke chain too), I think this should be a page on the CPAN Testers > Wiki, that we can refer testers to. Particularly new testers. However, what > are the minimum versions? Would suggestions be made based on the perl > version, or a blanket minimum version? Recommendation would need to cover > all 3 main installers and associate smoker clients, as well as the transport > tools. > > Does anyone have any minimum recommendations to start with (aside from "the > latest version")? > > Thanks, > Barbie. > > -- > Birmingham.pm - http://birmingham.pm.org > CPAN Testers - http://cpantesters.org > YAPC Surveys - http://yapc-surveys.org > Perl Jam - http://perljam.info > -- David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC: @xdg
