>>>>> "Michael" == Michael G Schwern <[email protected]> writes:
Michael> Just to make sure, when you say "using several cores" you mean
testing in
Michael> parallel? Like setting the jobs flag (or -j with prove)?
Yes exactly.
Michael> I don't like work arounds for test failures, and what
Michael> you're describing is an enormous work around database.
Well, it'd be a temporary measure to get things working until everyone
fixes their shit. Of course, if it's too convenient, authors are going
to just live with it and not ever fix their tests.
Michael> Second step is to set up a CPAN smoker doing multi-process
Michael> testing. Then we'll start getting ubiquitous testing data
Michael> and annoying distribution authors with failures. It will
Michael> be interesting to see what percentage pass. I suspect it
Michael> is higher than we think.
Right, that makes sense, I'll see if I can set up said smoker.
Michael> Moving out of the realm of what you can do today, it may be
Michael> worth adding a key to the meta file which indicates the
Michael> tests are not safe for parallel testing.
I'm not sure I see how to accomplish that, given the meta file is under
the author's control, not ours. I may, of course, be completely off
here.
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