On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:25 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is the purpose of CPAN Testers to report whether a distribution will install > on a given machine or whether its tests pass on a given platform?
Not exactly and not quite. The purpose is to report whether a distribution can successfully navigate a configure, build and test cycle. We care about this because we presume that if it can do so, it can be installed. As I suggested in my long essay, the problem in the CPANPLUS/Build.PL case for an author is that knowing that CPANPLUS is broken is essentially useless. And hearing about it again and again on every new release of a distribution is pointless and annoying -- making the author less inclined to read the next FAIL report. "Screw it -- it's probably just CPANPLUS again" So that is why I think we have to find a way to prevent these kinds of reports or let authors filter these out if they find themselves afflicted by it. -- David
