Show quoted text>>>>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:16:30 -0400, "Mark Overmeer via RT" <bug-CPAN@rt.cpan.org> said:
> Tue Oct 09 08:16:26 2007: Request 29865 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by MARKOV
> Queue: CPAN
> Subject: hint to use "reports" confusing
> Broken in: 1.9203
> Severity: Normal
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: MARKOV@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=29865 >
> After installing 5.10.0, trying to install Mail::Box, I see some failing
> tests. That's ok. But then, CPAN.pm tries to help me with:
Show quoted text > //hint// To get more information about failing tests, try:
> reports MARKOV/Mail-Box-2.075.tar.gz
Show quoted text > What you expect is that "failing tests" is refering to the tests which
> were just run on your own system (the stdout/stderr output of them, for
> instance), but what you get is the summary of cpan-testers (which is
> quite uselessly listing all kinds of platforms I do not have)
I can't follow you. I'd argue that it is *extremely* relevant how this
software fares on other systems, even more so if it just failed on
your system. I understand that the wording failed to set the
expectations straight.
Show quoted text > The whole procedure to come to the latter conclusion, is on its own
> quite ugly: read the attachement carefully. Probably the text of the
> hint should be improved and only shown when both YAML,
> CPAN::DistnameInfo, and LWP are installed.
Show quoted text > Suggested text:
> //hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module
I like this and I just checked it in. But I'm not in favor of
considering already installed software when talking about options. I
have something to offer, the user must decide if he wants it.
Installed software is no vote for or against anything, the
installation can be deliberately or unintentionally incomplete.
--
andreas
