Andreas J. Koenig wrote:
If everybody sends only fails we lose the ability to analyse the reasons for the fails. Once in a while every distro gets a fail and after a while the whole CPAN would look bad and we would not be able to tell if it is true.
The proportion of PASS/FAIL is useful to ms as an indicator of how serious a problem is and whether is is likely in the general code or platform specific sections. Also, modules with many/all FAILs may be perceived as being of low quality. Many FAILs or FAILs on one's platform type can indicate that the module is not robust and may be difficult to configure and install. --Chris
