Re: Test::Harness in Test-SDK conflicts with Perl

2001-10-09 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:59:48AM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > > Debian. ;) > > Actually, I was more thinking in terms of delivering perl not in one > single rpm, but to have one rpm for barebones perl, and rpms for each > of the individual core modules (or logical sets of core modules). Debia

Re: testing web foo with Test::More

2001-10-09 Thread Shane Landrum
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 03:30:58PM -0400, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > OK, I've been putting off figuring this out for ages, but here it is: Another way to accomplish the same thing, that I hacked up to test an internal password-protected web gadget:

Re: testing web foo with Test::More

2001-10-09 Thread Kirrily 'Skud' Robert
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:17:06AM -0400, Shane Landrum wrote: | On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 03:30:58PM -0400, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) |wrote: | > OK, I've been putting off figuring this out for ages, but here it is: | | | | Another way to accomplish the same thing, that I hacked

Re: Test::Harness in Test-SDK conflicts with Perl

2001-10-09 Thread Johan Vromans
Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Debian has the beginnings of that. perl-base is the minimum necessary > to have a useful Perl, basically a binary, the perl man page, and a > handful of critical modules ... Wouldn't it be a good idea to try to define packages like these, so that

Re: Test::Harness in Test-SDK conflicts with Perl

2001-10-09 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:10:33PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Debian has the beginnings of that. perl-base is the minimum necessary > > to have a useful Perl, basically a binary, the perl man page, and a > > handful of critical modules ... > >

Fwd: [jhi@iki.fi: 5.8.0 to-do list]

2001-10-09 Thread Michael G Schwern
Straight from the pumking's mouth: - Forwarded message from Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 5.8.0 to-do list The bad news is that it seems that the things on what I consider to be a todo list are relativ

[ANNOUNCE] Test::Simple/More/Builder 0.31

2001-10-09 Thread Michael G Schwern
http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/src/Test-Simple-0.31.tar.gz Three major new things in this version. I think this should make everyone happy. * Test::More::is_deeply() A deep comparison version of is() with sensible diagnostics: use Test::More tests => 1; $foo = { foo => [1..9] }; $ba

[PATCH Test::Tutorial] Don't Assume Tests Pass in Test Names

2001-10-09 Thread chromatic
Our fearless pumpking recently weighed in on test names that assume success. What he said made a lot of sense. If a test fails, the message looks all wrong. That may compel some people to fix the tests or the modules, but it may confuse more people. Here's a patch to Test::Tutorial that improve

Re: [PATCH Test::Tutorial] Don't Assume Tests Pass in Test Names

2001-10-09 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:25:08PM -0600, chromatic wrote: > Here's a patch to Test::Tutorial that improves the test names along those > criteria. It may be worth adding a few lines on good test names. > > Maybe it's worth discussing good testing style, too. Maybe it's worth editing on the Wiki

Re: Test::Harness in Test-SDK conflicts with Perl

2001-10-09 Thread Kirrily Robert
In perl.qa, you wrote: >On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:10:33PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: >> Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Debian has the beginnings of that. perl-base is the minimum necessary >> > to have a useful Perl, basically a binary, the perl man page, and a >> > handful