Re: RFC - "Test::Stupid" module

2005-08-20 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* _brian_d_foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-20 23:15]: > When you want to add something (like a standard test file), you > just add it to the sample dist. When you want to change some > boilerplate, you just change it in the sample dist. When you > want to move files around, well, you get the idea.

Re: RFC - "Test::Stupid" module

2005-08-20 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Rothenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm rather annoyed by the spate of CPAN uploads which have defaults from > h2xs or Module::Install that are not edited, things like "Perl extension > for blah blah blah" or "A. U. Thor". In other words, stupid mistak

Re: RFC - "Test::Stupid" module

2005-08-20 Thread Randy Kobes
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, David Baird wrote: Maybe "Test::BrownPaperBag" would be a good name, since the goal is really to help module authors avoid making embarrassing mistakes. Hmm, discovered just such a case in (at least) one of my modules that might be picked up by a suitable test module. Look

Re: RFC - "Test::Stupid" module

2005-08-20 Thread David Baird
> Maybe "Test::BrownPaperBag" would be a good name, since the goal is > really to help module authors avoid making embarrassing mistakes. Hmm, discovered just such a case in (at least) one of my modules that might be picked up by a suitable test module. Looks like CPAN is finding classes inside my

Re: RFC - "Test::Stupid" module

2005-08-20 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Robert Rothenberg # on Friday 19 August 2005 09:36 am: >I don't think patches to Module::Starter or similar packages will > help. The problem isn't with the starter utilities, it's what comes > out the other end when distributions are built. (So an eventual patch > for Module::Build, perhap