Adriano Ferreira wrote: > On 8/17/07, Christopher H. Laco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> chromatic wrote: >>> On Thursday 16 August 2007 20:14:31 Eric Wilhelm wrote: >>> >>>> I am certain that more than one 'extra tests' directory is needed, thus >>>> the thought to make them into subdirectories (objections?) >>>> >>>> (They cannot live under 't/' due to compatibility issues.) >>> Which compatibility issues? I've used t/author/ for quite a while without >>> any >>> compatibility issues. >>> >>> -- c >>> >>> >> Right, accept when your t/author tests are tests for you, the author and >> my t/author tests are for my Author class/classes/pages/etc. > > Testing some Author stuff would be rarer than having author tests. So > maybe we could standardize on something like "t/author" and when other > value is desirable, a key/value pair may be specified in META.yml (and > in Makefile.PL/Build.PL). > > # META.yml > --- > > # the default location for author tests (not needed) > author_tests: t/author > > # when something different is wanted > author_tests: t/developer > >
That convinces me even more that me other email was spot on imho. Looking for a directory and assuming what's in it are an authors' tests is pure guesswork. It's rude that you assume whatever directory I have isn't used for other purposes and will ignore those tests on make test. *.t files need a way to declare themselves as an authors' test. Let the runner/harness inspect/ask each *.t file if it's an author test or not, and run it or not...regardless of what directory it's in.
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