Mark Fowler wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Andrew Savige wrote: > > > While a standard name is not required, having one would allow > > automated CPAN test harnesses to run the longer tests. > > While we're on it, it'd be nice to have a standard enviromental > variable that turned off all interactivty.
Since no experienced perl-qa'er has leapt in, and against my better judgement, I suggest an environment variable name of: PERL_TEST_LONG Paranoid/masochistic folks and automated test harnesses can set this variable to ensure all tests are run, even the long running ones. More well-adjusted people (such as merlyn) would not set it, obviously. I suppose you could further assign meanings to its value (0, 1, 2, etc.) but I don't see a need for that right now. I guess you could also add some attribute/s to META.yml, such as whether a module supports PERL_TEST_LONG or perhaps uses some other environment variable/s or some other testing scheme. As for a name for an environment variable to switch off interactivity, I defer to twoshortplanks. :-) /-\ http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile.
