On 11/14/06, David Precious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps the make test operation could ask if the user wants to supply a database username and password and test all DB operations, or just skip the tests (only if make test is being run interactively of course).
This kind of query should be in the Makefile.PL, not in the test files themselves. The Makefile.PL could use ExtUtils::MakeMaker::prompt() and supply reasonable defaults (i.e. skip tests) when run in an automated fashion (such as during and upgrade or by a smoke server). David
