On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 06:29:19PM +0100, Smylers wrote:
> [*1] Though actually is there anything stopping somebody from checking
> whether modules actuall install and sending FAIL results to Cpan Testers
> for those that didn't? Surely they'd just display like other FAILs.
> Yes that'd be more involved than what current testers are doing, but I
> don't think it means it couldn't be done by somebody.
I don't think it would be particularly more involved*. If people are
currently not installing what they test, it makes no difference to them.
Those of us who *do* install what we test will see very little
difference - most stuff either goes all the way through and does indeed
install OK, or it stops at one of the previous stages.
Just about the only time I've seen stuff fail at the 'make install'
stage is when I'm running as the wrong user. And that happens rather
more often than stuff not installing because it's broken but passed its
tests. I'd worry about false positives.
* at least not for users. It would presumably require a bit more code
in CPAN::Reporter etc.
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