Bug #106521 for IO-Prompt: test requires tty

Tue Aug 18 14:31:08 2015 JHI [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

test requires tty

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DCONWAY/IO-Prompt-0.997002/t/01.dependencies.t depends on /dev/tty, which is not nice for smoke testing. A standardish way to handle this would be to skip the test if $ENV{PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT} is true. Or simply skip it if the -c /dev/tty fails.

Tue Aug 18 20:01:21 2015 damian [...] conway.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #106521] test requires tty
Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:53:34 +1000
To:	bug-IO-Prompt [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Damian Conway <damian [...] conway.org>

Hi Jarkko, Great to hear from you. I'm sorry that it's because I'm being a nuisance. ;-) I'm no longer actively maintaining IO::Prompt (having released a much better successor to it: IO::Prompter). What would you recommend in that case: an "unmaintenance" release just to satisfy the smokehouse? Or should I remove the module from CPAN entirely (i.e. the "Let them eat BackPAN!" approach)? I'd be grateful for your advice. Damian

Tue Aug 18 20:01:22 2015 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Aug 18 20:22:53 2015 jhi [...] iki.fi - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #106521] test requires tty
Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 20:22:39 -0400
To:	bug-IO-Prompt [...] rt.cpan.org, JHI [...] cpan.org
From:	Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi [...] iki.fi>

On Tuesday-201508-18 20:01, damian@conway.org via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> <URL:https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=106521 > > > Hi Jarkko, > > Great to hear from you. I'm sorry that it's because I'm being a nuisance. > ;-) > I'm no longer actively maintaining IO::Prompt (having released a much > better successor to it: IO::Prompter). What would you recommend in that > case: an "unmaintenance" release just to satisfy the smokehouse? Or > should I remove the module from CPAN entirely (i.e. the "Let them eat > BackPAN!" approach)?

Good question. But either way, I will have to deal with it... the thing is, I'm also stuck using it (Hysterical Raisins) at least until someone (else) migrates to, say, IO::Prompter (I have Dependencies). So if it goes to backpan, I'll have to fetch it from there, and work around the /dev/tty issue. (Say, damn the torpedoes and do a force install.) So I would perhaps lean towards the unmaintenance option. Just a skip_all if ! -c "/dev/tty" (and maybe also if ! -t STDIN, to be extra paranoid) ? Show quoted text

> I'd be grateful for your advice.

Tue Aug 18 20:40:57 2015 damian [...] conway.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #106521] test requires tty
Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:39:59 +1000
To:	bug-IO-Prompt [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Damian Conway <damian [...] conway.org>

Well, the last thing I'd want to do is make *your* life harder, so the "unmaintenance" option (with the extra paranoia) it shall be. :-) Damian

Tue Aug 18 20:48:45 2015 DCONWAY [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Resolved by removing test

Tue Aug 18 20:48:52 2015 DCONWAY [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'