Re: Communicating between processes in test suite run

> avoiding port zero, > and providing the daemon binary with a dynamic configuration, > so the port is chosen before-hand by the test "client". http://p3rl.org/Net::EmptyPort does that. pgpzGKb2OVY2w.pgp Description: Digitale Signatur von OpenPGP

CPAN::Changes::Spec

Since CCS0 (spec, not module) is about to go into core , and this becomes canonicalised as best practice, I'd like to know which considerations went into the design of the spec as I have the feeling that it's not as good as it could be. Es

Re: Post-install tests demo at the qa hackathon \o/

This is great news, I know a few people who wanted this for a long time. I'm not coming for this hackathon, so please publish slides and discussion notes afterwards. On the scale between proof-of-concept and production-ready, where does your code fall? So far, have any considerations been made fo

QA Hackathon 2013: date poll

Hello the usual suspects, announcement for next year's hackathon is out, but exact location and the date is not fixed yet: Let's try to find out which weekend plus an adjacent Friday or Monday

Re: Tagging tests

> Is there any way to 'tag' tests in Perl? > - If there are common problems (computer can't access the net, unicode > handling is dodgy), this makes it more straightforward to diagnose > than reading through logs of very long test scripts with lots of > failure diagnos

Re: An --exclude parameter for prove?

I think Test::Less (recommended) and Test::Slow already do that. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: apt-pm.cpan.org?

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Re: Skip GTK tests if no display available?

> Now I'm getting FAIL reports like this: is relevant. > Are there ways to mock a display? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

QA hackathon 2012

We left the last hackathon with both London and Paris offering to host the next one. For once, let's hash out some details early and not procrastinate until the lack of remaining time causes stress. MDK said it would be a good idea to avoid the Olympics and therefore host in Paris, with the Lon

QA hackathon 2011: Application deadline and hotel room preferences

[Applications and invitations for those wishing to participate] (http://2011.qa-hackathon.org/qa2011/wiki) in the Perl QA Hackathon 2011 will remain open until the end of Sunday of this week (13 February 2011). For those who have already registered, could you please [enter your room-sharing pref

QA hackathon 2011: call to attention

The Perl QA hackathon 2011 is taking place from Saturday, **April 16th** to Monday, **April 18th** 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Attendance is gratis. We would like to know if you are interested in coming and participating. You can also propose other people who should be invited. As with

QA hackathon 2011: date poll

Hello the usual suspects, this year's prospective date for the QA hackathon in Amsterdam is 16-18 April. Please reply until Monday morning European time whether this is suitable for you, or you would rather have a different date. With this message, I preempt the formal announcement because a de

Re: Devel::Cover with options

> cover -t +inc . -inc t > but I get: > Unknown option: inc "… what it says on the tin": cover does not have that option. Cover.pm does. > from http://search.cpan.org/dist/Devel-Cover/lib/Devel/Cover.pm it is > unclear to me how can I supply these options. The options are the import argument list

Re: getting embedded interpreter to report correct file/line numbers?

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Re: search dpan

Pod::POM::Web (I stole its POD walking for perlzonji's full-text index) Perldoc::Server Pod::Browser http://cpanhq.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Hunspell: requiring an external library as dependency

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Re: Hunspell: requiring an external library as dependency

> How do I specify the dependency in Makefile.PL? This was under discussion at, IIRC, cpan-workers, but nothing came out of it. > Do I need to write a custom check, compile > a test C program or something like that? http://p3rl.org/Devel::CheckLib http://p3rl.org/Module::Install::CheckLib signat

Re: perl code coverage

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Re: Test::Differences and utf8

Most straightforward is to subclass that module and override the sub escape with something sane. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

QA hackathon 2010: call to attention

Vienna.pm organises the Perl QA hackathon 2010, taking place from Saturday, **April 10th** to Monday, **April 12th** 2010 in Vienna, Austria. Attendance is gratis. We would like to know if you are interested in coming and participating. You can also propose other people who should be invited. As