> > Hi All. > > > > Can anyone tell me, when a cpan smoker / tester is trying to test a > module > > but fails to install a dependency, what happens? > > I'd count it as a bug, and file a report that way. > > For example, if their module depended on Math::Complex, and they failed to > set up the dependency in (say) their Build.PL, I'd file a bug report > saying that they needed to add the line > 'Math::Complex'=> '1.36', # Bugfix of Im(). > to their "requires" hash. >
The problem is that most of CPAN is littered with such failure. Even the most basic modules have them. So what do we do, open bugs to everyone? I want to fix the incentive to module authors, so authors that care will open bugs to their dependencies that obviously does not care, or stop using that module. or fork it. Shmuel.
