On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 09:37:39PM -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 10:49:12PM -0400, James E Keenan wrote:

> > Am I correct in this inference and this judgment?  Or is there something 
> > about the automated testing that I don't understand?
> 
> If I understand correctly, the issue here is you failed to list a
> dependency yet the tests failed to catch it because that module was already
> installed.  Its a false positive, but not testers.cpan.org's fault.  It
> would have to attempt to automatically figure out what modules your code
> needs and check that you list them as dependencies.  This is fraut with
> peril.

When I rule the world (and therefore have requisitioned everyone's tuits)
there will be smoke testing that starts from a clean install each time.

However, right now I don't have time to try to write this. Sorry.

Nicholas Clark

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