chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wednesday 03 September 2008 00:35:53 Barbie wrote:
>
> > cpan-testers are reporting what a user would experience using CPANPLUS,
> > but not having Module::Build, and having problems with installing
> > Module::Build. While you may not be interested in being made aware of
> > those potential failures, others are.
>
> Let me change directions and ask a philosophical question. I suspect the
> answer will be revealing. (No, this is not a logic trap. I think this is at
> the heart of disagreements over the utility of certain CPAN Testers reports.)
>
> Is the purpose of CPAN Testers to report whether a distribution will install
> on a given machine or whether its tests pass on a given platform?
>
As there's no such thing like a reference instance of a platform, one
can't test for it. One can only test on real existing machines.
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