Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Michael G Schwern
Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: >> It should be fairly easy for willing CPAN testers to setup any database >> they like, and provide some connection information for throwaway tables >> and data (assuming the test script WILL probably drop all tables in >> there and dump its own crap there). > > This se

Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:17:31AM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > > It should be fairly easy for willing CPAN testers to setup any database > > they like, and provide some connection information for throwaway tables > > and data (assuming the test script WILL probably drop all tables in > >

Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
> It should be fairly easy for willing CPAN testers to setup any database > they like, and provide some connection information for throwaway tables > and data (assuming the test script WILL probably drop all tables in > there and dump its own crap there). This seems of dubious usefulness, as the

Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 05:34:52AM -0700, Ovid wrote: > > > > A colleague of mine is working on a very interesting > > module, but even though he could release a test suite > > relying on sqlite, I thought it would be better to use > > any configured database that was available on the > > tester's

Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 01:17:16PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:56:27AM +0200, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: > > > Is there any way for a test suite to use the preferred database of a > > tester? Something like a TEST_DATABASE_DSN, TEST_DATABASE_USERNAME, > > TEST_DATA

Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Ovid
--- On Wed, 8/10/08, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way for a test suite to use the preferred > database of a > tester? Something like a TEST_DATABASE_DSN, > TEST_DATABASE_USERNAME, > TEST_DATABASE_PASSWORD triplet that CPAN testers could set > to enable > testin

Re: Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:56:27AM +0200, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: > Is there any way for a test suite to use the preferred database of a > tester? Something like a TEST_DATABASE_DSN, TEST_DATABASE_USERNAME, > TEST_DATABASE_PASSWORD triplet that CPAN testers could set to enable > testing on d

Re: IETF - Let's Get Started

2008-10-08 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, 2008/10/8 Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We understand what a lot of basic issues are, so let's get some traction on > this. As the next thing we need is a group charter (if we already have one, and I just haven't noticed, ignore this e-mail), I've copied the charter format from RFC 24

IETF - Let's Get Started

2008-10-08 Thread Ovid
I'm a bit disappointed that after all of our effort to get the TAP IETF process started, we have let it languish. I'd like to restart this effort. We understand what a lot of basic issues are, so let's get some traction on this. Background links: Initial proposal discussion: http://testan

Generic test database

2008-10-08 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
Hi, Is there any way for a test suite to use the preferred database of a tester? Something like a TEST_DATABASE_DSN, TEST_DATABASE_USERNAME, TEST_DATABASE_PASSWORD triplet that CPAN testers could set to enable testing on different databases? A colleague of mine is working on a very interesting mo