On Tue, 27 May 2008 00:18:05 +0200, Bram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Abe Timmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Bram wrote: > > | Attached is a patch that adds 'http' as a mailer. > > > > Thanks for that! > > > > | I added this because I did not want to send the reports from the system > > | on which the smoke ran. > > | This mainly because it includes usernames, ip addresses and a company > > | names. > > | > > | This could also be useful to persons that are stuck behind a firewall > > | that does not allow outgoing mail. > > > > How does this compare to Test::Reporter::HTTPGateway?
This was created in Oslo to receive and forward reports for CPAN smokers, not for CORE smokers. Talk to xdg and/or rjbs on #perl-qa on IRC to ask if this can be made more general for CORE smoking. I bet they are open for it. > > I haven't looked into the matter, so I ask just to get some information. > > I wasn't aware of Test::Reporter::HTTPGateway so I'm not entirely sure > how it compares... > > > From a quick look: > > The 'http' mailer posts the report to an URL, > > 'Test::Reporter::HTTPGateway' takes a HTTP requests and uses the > parameters in it to send the email. > > > If someone is stuck behind a firewall then they can currently set up > Test::Reporter::HTTPGateway on another server but they have (I think!) > no (easy) way of sending the Smoke reports to it. > > > It can currently not be used directly by the 'http' mailer. > (Test::Reporter::HTTPGateway sends it to an address specified in the > code while the 'http' mailer add parameters for the To, Cc and Bcc) > > > Kind regards, > > Bram > > > > -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/) using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, & 11.23, SuSE 10.1 & 10.2, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://qa.perl.org http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
