On Monday 01 September 2008 17:22:48 Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * David E. Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-01 23:20]: > > surely there's a better way, no?
> Ask the maintainers of M::B, EU::MM and M::I to all export a > `halt` function that does just this? That would also provide > a convenient spot in the respective modules’ docs for related > CPAN Testers arcana, so people wouldn’t have to stumble onto a > wiki page in the bottom of a locked cabinet stuck in a disused > lavatory with a sign on the door saying “beware the leopard” > in order to learn these trivia. That's step one -- replace all of this boilerplate arcana with something which does the right thing by default, and preferably without people having to know what the right thing is. Step two is to dump all CPAN Testers reports from ancient clients which send known buggy reports. (Step three is probably to stop rewarding people for sending ever-more reports and start rewarding people for sending *useful* reports.) -- c
