I would like to extend Eric's problem to me as well.
I only uploaded a distribution so far and since it's self contained, the
testing is (at least now) very limited and provide approval functionality.
Yet I've received erroneous (which I was more than surprised to get) and I
tried contacting the tester but with no luck.
The addition to the Makefile.PL provides a solution to something I'm
personally not (yet) in need of fixing.
What do we do to challenge these results, and why are testers not available
for response? I'm not seeking a person to become a temporary slave (do this
do that tell me what's the exit status there) but to reaffirm something that
seems illogical to me. I also want to state that we're not talking about "he
did not answer my email within the past week" but rather "it's more than a
month or two since a report and I haven't received the slightest insinuation
that this person exists". I reckon they don't have to answer to anyone, but
maybe we could have some interface to contest (in Eric's words) these
results.
Disclaimer at the end: I am not attacking (and I apologize if I gave anyone
that feeling) the testers and I truly appreciate the testing work that they
do. I'm not trying to get away from it, I'm trying (hoping) to perfect it.
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Burak Gürsoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It looks like you're suffering from a feature of MakeMaker. Add this to
> your
> Makefile.PL options (WriteMakefile):
>
> PL_FILES => {},
>
> so that your Build.PL will not be identified as some executable code...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Roode [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:59 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: How to challenge a cpan-testers test result?
>
> [meta: I apologize in advance if this is a FAQ, but I could not get to
> mail-archive.com to search the group's archive]
>
> Can one challenge the result of a CPAN-testers test result? If so, how?
> I see several erroneous FAIL reports for modules of mine, and I think
> it's unfair that it appears as though my module(s) have failures or
> outstanding bugs.
>
> Here's an example: report 1522795,
> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2008/05/msg1522795.html
> About 2/3 of the way down in the report, there are the following
> lines:
>
> > [MSG] [Mon May 26 01:20:29 2008] Ok, not sending test report
> > [ERROR] [Mon May 26 01:20:32 2008] MAKE failed: cp
> lib/Regexp/Common/time.pm blib/lib/Regexp/Common/time.pm
> > Manifying blib/man3/Regexp::Common::time.3
> > /home/cpan/perl562/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" Build.PL Build
> > Too early to specify a build action 'Build'. Do 'Build Build' instead.
> > gmake: *** [Build] Error 2
>
> On the first line above, we see that the tester is not sending a test
> report to the author (me). Why? On the fourth line above, we see
> that the tester's script is incorrectly invoking Build.PL. Why?
>
> So far as I can tell, I have no way of contacting the tester who
> generated this report. The top of the report simply says:
>
> > From: chris
> > Date: May 25, 2008 17:20
> > Subject: FAIL Regexp-Common-time-0.03 i386-netbsd-thread-multi-64int 3.1
>
> Who is "chris", and how do I contact him or her?
>
> Here's another example: test report 1522754,
> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2008/05/msg1522754.html
>
> > /Volumes/Media/smoke/perl562/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" Build.PL
> Build
> > Can't locate Module/Build.pm in @INC (@INC contains: [deleted by eric])
> at
> Build.PL line 3.
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Build.PL line 3.
> > make: *** [Build] Error 2
> >
> >
> > MISSING PREREQUISITES:
> >
> > It was observed that the test suite seem to fail without these modules:
> >
> > Module::Build
> >
> > As such, adding the prerequisite module(s) to 'PREREQ_PM' in your
> > Makefile.PL should solve this problem. For example:
>
>
> The test suite not only incorrectly invoked Build.PL, it failed
> because Module::Build is not installed, and then "helpfully" tells me
> how to update Makefile.PL so as to avoid the problem! How ridiculous!
> (My modules include both Build.PL and Makefile.PL, so users can have
> a choice about how to install).
>
> The sad thing is that these erroneous test results make it appear as
> though my module has unresolved problems. I've been searching the web
> for the past hour or two, and I can find no information about how to
> contest a cpan-testers result, or to get an erroneous FAIL result
> removed from my module's record.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Roode
>
>
>
