Hello,
Is there any way to tell if my package is being tested automatically
under CPAN::Testers? Here's the situation:
I have a DBI extension (DBIx::Transaction) whose unit tests
currently depend on a valid DSN being available. SQLite makes a good testbed
for "mock" databases, so if DBD::SQLite2 is available, my module defaults to
testing against a temporary database using that. Thus, DBIx-Transaction-0.04
depends on DBD::SQLite2 *unless* the DBI_DSN environment variable is set to
a non-SQLite2 driver. If DBI_DSN is set to an empty string, the tests do not
run at all.
Some people think that in a perfect world, end users should not be
made to install DBD::SQLite2 by default. I'm leaning towards that as well;
less bloat is good.
However, when these packages are being auto-tested as part of the
perl QA effort (and possibly for packaging for use in ActivePerl on
ppm.activestate.com as well), I'd like my Makefile.PL to notice this and
depend on DBD::SQLite2 after all, so that the tests will be run and we have
an assurance that the package works.
Any thoughts/ideas?
Thanks,
Tyler
