Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Graham TerMarsch
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 4:40 pm, Michael G Schwern wrote: > Graham TerMarsch wrote: > > How about I take a different approach here, and ask... > > > > What would be the recommended way to minimize the number of automated > > CPANPLUS test failures, knowing that I -have- to have Apache::Test

Re: Module metadata

2007-09-27 Thread Michael G Schwern
Jonathan Rockway wrote: > Anyway, should the DSLIP stuff be added to the META-spec? (I see that > some stuff, like the S and L parts, are already covered by META.yml. Is > the rest worth adding, or is it time to forget about it?) Something like the DSLIP in purpose, but not exactly DSLIP. That

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Graham TerMarsch
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 7:08 pm, David Golden wrote: > On 9/26/07, Graham TerMarsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I'd like, though, is to at least stem/slow the number of CPAN > > testers failures or at least get them turned into something more like "no > > idea; build environment not

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread David Golden
On 9/27/07, Graham TerMarsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok... THATS a useful answer. :) > > So... if I set up my Makefile.PL to check for the presence of any modules that > I require for configuration (e.g. "Apache::Test") and then simply "exit > 0" -before- the Makefile is written, it'll abort t

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Graham TerMarsch
On Thursday 27 September 2007 12:28 pm, David Golden wrote: > On 9/27/07, Graham TerMarsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok... THATS a useful answer. :) > > > > So... if I set up my Makefile.PL to check for the presence of any modules > > that I require for configuration (e.g. "Apache::Test") and

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Graham TerMarsch # on Thursday 27 September 2007 12:38: >> There's a new META.yml field under development called >> "configure_requires" to account for that case.  The latest CPAN.pm >> supports it.  Again, I don't know about CPANPLUS. > >Cool.  For my own edification, how does CPAN behave

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread David Golden
On 9/27/07, Graham TerMarsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can actually verify that CPANPLUS doesn't send automated "failure" reports > when no Makefile is generated; I tested that locally myself this morning > after reading your previous message. That's good news. > That's what I'm finding too;

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Graham TerMarsch
On Thursday 27 September 2007 12:57 pm, David Golden wrote: > On 9/27/07, Graham TerMarsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cool. For my own edification, how does CPAN behave when it encounters a > > missing "configure_requires"? Does it simply install the dependency and > > then continue, or does

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from David Golden # on Thursday 27 September 2007 12:57: >> Although CPAN doesn't support this in a release yet, knowing that >> doing "exit 0" will at least help keep CPANPLUS from filing false >> failures is a step in the right direction. :) > >Absolutely.  Now we need to publicize it. I'll go

Re: Q: Build.PL/Makefile.PL, and CPAN testers...

2007-09-27 Thread Graham TerMarsch
On Thursday 27 September 2007 2:02 pm, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > # from David Golden > # on Thursday 27 September 2007 12:57: > >> Although CPAN doesn't support this in a release yet, knowing that > >> doing "exit 0" will at least help keep CPANPLUS from filing false > >> failures is a step in the righ