Bug #11189 for CPANPLUS: FAIL reports should show prereq versions

Sat Jan 22 10:09:02 2005 Guest - Ticket created

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FAIL reports should show prereq versions

It would be very convenient for FAIL reports to show a list of prereq versions. It saves a couple of E-mails with testers. It might also be helpful for PASS reports as well.

Sat Jan 22 10:13:04 2005 kane [...] dwim.org - Correspondence added

From:	"Jos I. Boumans" <kane [...] dwim.org>
Subject:	Re: [cpan #11189] FAIL reports should show prereq versions
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:08:58 +0100
To:	bug-CPANPLUS [...] rt.cpan.org
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On Jan 22, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Guest via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> > This message about CPANPLUS was sent to you by guest <> via rt.cpan.org > > Full context and any attached attachments can be found at: > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11189 > > > It would be very convenient for FAIL reports to show a list of prereq > versions. It saves a couple of E-mails with testers. > > It might also be helpful for PASS reports as well.

I don't really know what you mean here.. can you give me an example? -- Jos Boumans "Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If it's not, why embarrass him?" - Tom Clancy CPANPLUS http://cpanplus.sf.net

Sat Jan 22 10:43:30 2005 Guest - Correspondence added

[kane@dwim.org - Sat Jan 22 10:13:04 2005]: Show quoted text

> I don't really know what you mean here.. can you give me an example?

Suppose I receive a fail report for module X. I E-mail the reporter asking "What version of module Y do you have?" If the report included the versions of modules used, I wouldn't have to ask the reporter and hope for a reply. It should be fairly simple to give a list of prerequisite module versions (just what's specified in the module's requirements, not a recursive list of all the modules used). For example, above the "summary of my perl5" it could have a "summary of prerequisite modules" that gives a simple table like: Foo::Bar 0.012 DBD::XYZ 1.37 Since CPANPLUS already knows what modules are prerequisites, and queries what's installed, this shouldn't be difficult.

Sun Jan 23 11:21:28 2005 kane [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

[guest - Sat Jan 22 10:43:30 2005]: Show quoted text

> [kane@dwim.org - Sat Jan 22 10:13:04 2005]: >

> > I don't really know what you mean here.. can you give me an example?

> > Suppose I receive a fail report for module X. I E-mail the reporter > asking "What version of module Y do you have?"

I've modified the test reporting to inclue this.. just below the footer (after the failed test output) it will now say, for example: [ERROR] [Sun Jan 23 16:47:40 2005] Could not run 'Build test': Failed 1/7 test scripts, 85.71% okay. 9/566 subtests failed, 98.41% okay. PREREQUISITES: Here is a list of prerequisites you specified and versions we managed to load: Carp 1.01 File::Basename 2.72 ******************************** NOTE ******************************** The comments above are created mechanically, possibly without manual checking by the sender. As there are many people performing automatic tests on each upload to CPAN, it is likely that you will receive identical messages about the same problem. If you believe that the message is mistaken, please reply to the first one with correction and/or additional informations, and do not take it personally. We appreciate your patience. :) **********************************************************************

Sun Jan 23 11:21:29 2005 kane [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'resolved'