David Golden wrote:
> On this thread, Eric asked how to run a "scientific" style test.
> Here's an idea based on CPAN Testers tools -- though not necessarily
> CPAN Testers output.
>
> a) Configure CPAN::Reporter to use the Test::Reporter::Transport::File
> transport -- this will save reports into a directory
> b) Run CPAN::Reporter::Smoker -- this will smoke test all of CPAN in
> reverse order of upload
> c) Install alpha M::B
> d) Change directory for output
> e) Run CPAN::Reporter::Smoker again
This - minus CPAN::Reporter::Smoker, plus my own script that feeds a
list of distributions to CPAN::Reporter - is exactly what I'm doing for him.
> f) Compare output in the two directories.
Eric can do that himself :-)
Incidentally, using ...::Transport::File makes my tests run a *lot*
faster. Once the reporting mechanism has stabilised after the changes
that are currently afoot, I think I might switch to doing this and then
batching them up at the end of each day.
--
David Cantrell | Minister for Arbitrary Justice
Erudite is when you make a classical allusion to a
feather. Kinky is when you use the whole chicken.
