# from chromatic
# on Monday 30 July 2007 01:39 pm:
>On Monday 30 July 2007 13:19:56 Christopher H. Laco wrote:
>> Eric Wilhelm wrote:
>> > If *you* don't have Test::Pod, and *I* do, *I* cannot install your
>> > module if the pod doesn't pass.
>>
>> Huh? In that code, no Test::POD = skip all tests. How does that
>> equate to an install failure for anyone...either the author, the
>> dist maint, or the end user?
>
>Eric's case is where user who just wants to install the module has
> Test::POD but there are POD errors, so the tests fail and he or she
> has to examine the test output to see if forcing the installation is
> a good idea. It's not about not having Test::POD installed.
Well, it is _all about_ whether it is installed because that's the only
conditional in the test.
If Test::Pod *is not* on the author system, then pod errors get through.
Then, if it *is* installed on the destination system, test fails, game
over.
--Eric
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