I'm rather annoyed by the spate of CPAN uploads which have defaults from
h2xs or Module::Install that are not edited, things like "Perl extension
for blah blah blah" or "A. U. Thor". In other words, stupid mistakes.
So I've been toying ideas for a module which checks for files which
match regexps of known defaults. Maybe also check that the ChangeLog
has a version which matches the VERSION in the POD (since authors often
forget to update it).
There will be a simple script for authors to run so that it checks for
these things.
I'm actually thinking of calling it something more polite like
"Test::Defaults" but then there is something pleasantly twisted about
encouraging authors to run a script called "amistupid" before uploading
a distribution.
Perhaps a Module::Build utility could run this script before building a
distribution and giving a warning.
Disclaimer: I've made these kinds of stupid mistakes in the past, so
this is not a slight on any particular author or the quality of her/his
work.
Comments/suggestions would be helpful.
