On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 08:34:52AM -0500, M W487 wrote: > I tend to agree with all your points, but want to encourage more discussion. > > 2010/1/19 Burak Gürsoy <burakgur...@gmx.net>: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Nigel Horne [mailto:n...@bandsman.co.uk] > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:23 PM > >> To: cpan-testers-discuss@perl.org > >> Subject: Unsupported CPAN Modules > > > >> a) Users should be warned when attempting to download/install > > > > Bad idea. Some Catalyst fanboi is spamming CPAN Ratings for similar reasons. > > "warn" does sound like overkill. > > but imagine if a distribution fails its own test suite on all > platforms tested for a year or more, or some other criteria. > > Then it might be nice to make such knowledge more known. If the > author is looking, they will see it. If the naive are looking, they > will see it.
You mean a list like: http://stats.cpantesters.org/wpcent.html :) > >> This could also raise the profile of cpan-testers. > >> > >> -Nigel > > I support the cpan-testers profile being raised in a positive way. Me too, but I'm not so convince sending emails, above and beyond what I already send via the Daily Summaries is the right answer. Cheers, Barbie. -- Birmingham Perl Mongers <http://birmingham.pm.org> Memoirs Of A Roadie <http://barbie.missbarbell.co.uk> CPAN Testers Blog <http://blog.cpantesters.org> YAPC Conference Surveys <http://yapc-surveys.org>
