> > Either they're valuable enough that you install their prerequisites or > > they're not. > > But how am I supposed to find this out? I dont even know whether the > required modules are used for the tests only, without digging through the > source...
Usually, Test::* modules are only used for the test phase. > > Maybe there could be some sort of bundle installer that grabs a module > > and all of its dependencies for people who do offline installations. > > That might be a great thing. > > But I'd still need to install all the testing modules just to run the > tests prior to install the module itself. Hm. It should be possible to > take the offline-prepared bundle and run the testsuite, and only then > install the module and the absolute nec. dependencies. What we also miss are the test_requires/test_recommands in Module::Build. This was discussed at some time but I don't remember whether they were added or not. This doesn't solve the problem when you're using Makefile.PL but it can give you hints. -- Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni Close the world, txEn eht nepO.
