On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:55:38AM -0700, chromatic wrote: > > One of the problems I have with using Test::Builder is that I want to > > distribute packages to systems that do not (necessarily) have a decent version > > of Test::* installed. Now it is easy to include a copy of a suitable version > > of Test::Builder with the package (provided it is not too big). Would it be a > > good idea to add a provision to Test::Builder that can be called, from the > > Makefile.PL, to display a message like this: > > > > The verificiation tests for this package require the Test::Builder package > > of at least version X.Y. You do not seem to have this installed. I have > > included a copy of Test::Builder in this distribution that I can use for > > testing. Do you want me to install this version of Test::Builder as well? > > > > This would help spreading the good stuff.
I'm not sure of the context here, but at this point of complexity it's probably easier to just make it a normal prerequisite. Why? o If you're not using a CPAN shell, every module installation involving any prerequisites is going to be a chore. Adding one more to that pile isn't really going to make much difference. o At least for Test::Simple/More/Builder, so many modules already have dependencies on them (including CPAN, CPANPLUS and Storable) that you probably already have them installed. There's a slide in the Test::Tutorial talk with a list current as of a month ago. o If you don't already have them installed, you only need to do it once. -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One 5. It is always possible to aglutenate multiple separate problems into a single complex interdependent solution. In most cases this is a bad idea. -- RFC 1925
