>>>>> "Michael" == Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Disabling tests for subjective reasons (they take "too long", Michael> they don't test critical functionality, etc...) is a slippery Michael> slope. But there are clearly tests that are "tip of the iceberg" as a safety check to ensure that my environment is "close enough" to your devel environment to safely install a tool, versus tests that are "check all functionality" to ensure that during your coding, you don't hose up some existing action. I want to be able to run "tip of the iceberg" tests while installing. And that's all. Michael> For that reason I'd agree with Curtis and say that Michael> everything is always run by default and users can then elect Michael> what to turn off. PERL_SKIP_LONG_TESTS seems like a clear Michael> name. As long as it's consistent, and I can set it easily in CPAN.pm without having to write a wrapper (via make_arg). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
