Graham TerMarsch wrote:
Wanted to ping the list about something that's irked me the last few days...
After recently releasing Apache2::Filter::Minifier::JavaScript/CSS, I saw
several failed CPAN testers reports, generally due to the tester not having
the required modules on their machine.
I can't speak too well to the Module::Build problems, but I learned a
great deal from following Geoff's lead on some of his modules. Take a
look at:
http://search.cpan.org/src/GEOFF/WebService-CaptchasDotNet-0.06/Makefile.PL
for a good example of how to handle whether or not Apache::Test is
present. If Apache::Test isn't present, then the tests don't run, which
is what you want. The philosophy there is that you can still install
the module if you don't have the dependencies required for the test,
which is an issue sometimes (production environments for example).
Geoff can speak to this problem a lot better than I can, everything I
know about this stuff I owe him for responding to my pestering when I
was making Apache::Dispatch mp2 compatible.
HTH
