Re: Why are we adding more kwalitee tests?

[David Golden]

Andy Lester wrote:

Why are we worrying about these automated kwalitee tests?  What will 
happen once we find that DBIx::Wango has only passed 7 of these 23 items 
on the checklist?

I don't have any problem with someone proposing or running these kinds of 
automated test.  It's helpful feedback to me as a distribution author. 
Whether I choose to do something about the feedback or not is something 
else.  Viewed as a tool for authors, automated kwalitee testing has value. 
As a tool for module users, it's not so clear cut.

I would be concerned if CPANTS Kwalitee showed up on the CPAN page for a 
distribution.  That would make it "official" and judgmental I don't think 
that an arbitrary and controversial (at least in part) metric should be so 
enshrined.  But I think the collection of metrics themselves is 
value-neutral.  If someone wants to write the tests and invest processor 
cycles on it, more power to them.

Regards,
David Golden