CPAN::Test (formerly CPAN::Smoke), the automatic smoke testing arm of CPANTS, is undergoing sea trials. Those of you on cpan-testers might have noticed a big spurt of traffic recently. :)
Besides simply building each module and seeing if the tests pass, CPAN::Test has a number of common mistakes it looks for, made either by CPAN::Test or the author. Some mistakes are fatal (like not building, or not passing tests) and some are not (like having a tarball that doesn't make it's own directory first). This is *not* the full CPANTS auditing, but a more pragmatic list of problems encountered when a user tries to install a module. Each mistake is broken down into it's name, who it's by (CPAN, CPAN::Test or the module author), if it's fatal, a description and a recommendation on how to fix it. I've posted the current list of mistakes on the Wiki. The descriptions and how-to fix recommendations are thin and need fleshing out. And, of course, if you can think of more possible mistakes, add them. http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/cgi-bin/perl-qa-wiki.cgi?CPANTestMistakes -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl6 Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One Don't be a lover, girl, I'd like to shamelessly hump your inner child.
