On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:14 AM, David Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've all seen the situation or seen the flamewars on it: > > * CPANPLUS-based tester > * CPANPLUS::Dist::Build not installed > * Distribution only has Build.PL > * CPANPLUS generates a Makefile.PL (without dependencies) > * tests fail > > This is obviously a dependency problem, not a distribution problem and > it's deterministic so if we can't fix it, I think we need to filter > it. > > I propose writing a patch for CPANPLUS to eliminate the generation of > Makefile.PL in this situation. If after a "reasonable" period of > time, we can't convince Jos to accept the patch and release a new > version of CPANPLUS, then I propose to patch Test::Reporter to detect > the situation and error message and to discard the report (possibly > with an error). > > Thoughts? Counter-proposals? > > David >
I think Jos said on IRC a few days ago that this was already fxed in the development version of CPANPLUS. I don't know if we understood each other or not and if this means CPANPLUS-0.85_03 or later but before you write that patch, please check with him. Gabor
