On 6/4/02 12:59 PM, "Steve Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> claimed:
>> It shouldn't be required that all tests pass, however. A statement showing >> what platforms they pass on and what platforms they don't at the top of the >> download page would be good enough. But the tests have got to be there. > > Actually, for 6PAN I think they should have to pass. And maybe we > need a bug submission setup, and status checks, and . . . OK, OK, I'll > stop now. They're nice ideas, but who bells the cat? The again, if > Tim O'Reilly wants to fund me I'd be happy to do it. :-) On what platform(s)? Who's going to pay for the test bed for every possible combination of perl version, OS, various libraries, etc., etc.? I think that *requiring* that all tests pass is unrealistic. Regards, David -- David Wheeler AIM: dwTheory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 15726394 http://david.wheeler.net/ Yahoo!: dew7e Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
