Hmm...
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong. I suspect that if a prereq module does not test PASS, that the module will not be tested at all. cpansmoke does a temp install of prereq modules, grading them as it goes along. Why do you say there will be a consistency problem? I don't understand. All required modules are temporarily installed, and unless there is a circular dependency... Hey, you can belabor all you want, as long as questions are asked, and points understood, I'm learning. Later, Rob > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Robert wrote: > > > I will continue to use this module, and when someone asks > > questions about a failing module, I will answer to the best > > of my ability. I do believe FAIL grade is correct when a > > module author either doesn't know about PREREQ_PM, or fails > > to correctly fill theirs out completely (through > > forgetfulness or lazyness > > or other reasons an author may have ... not wanting to belabour > the point, but one problem I have with this policy is consistency > - on the same system, the grade would depend upon the order used > to test a set of packages. > > > Maybe you could write some perl module which would automatically update > > PREREQ_PM when doing a make dist? > > See Module::Info, which illustrates the difficulty in > doing this reliably ... > > best regards, > randy > >
