Here's another example, I think. Hopefully it's not inconceivable -- though slightly contrived
* CPAN Reporter requires ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.36 * Someone smokes CPAN::Reporter on Perl 5.005 * Smoker attempts to install ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.42, which is Perl 5.006 minimum * ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.42 is graded NA In this case, should CPAN::Reporter be graded NA as well? It only requires EU::MM 6.36 -- which will install just fine on 5.005. Yes, an automated install attempt from CPAN won't succeed -- but the prerequisite was never satisfied to even check if CPAN::Reporter would test successfully. If someone happened to have EU::MM 6.36 installed, then CPAN::Reporter would have been given a PASS grade. So if NA is supposed to mean "does not run/will never pass on this perl or platform", it doesn't make sense to have both PASS and NA grades possible on the same perl and platform. Therefore, I think a better approach is just to restrict NA grades to what each individual distribution gets, and discard/abort the report if prerequisites are not satisfied. (Am I pursuading anyone yet? ;-) David
