Re: Possible patch to Test::Pod

"David E. Wheeler" <[email protected]> writes:
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Russ Allbery wrote:

>>> Basically every tool that does CPAN installs will refuse to install if
>>> the test suite fails, and this isn't going to be viewed as buggy or
>>> changed.

>> Do they at least tell people how to install the module anyway if the
>> test failure doesn't look serious?

> They do not.

That seems like something that maybe we could all agree could be done, no?
This seems broader than just POD tests; the test failures may be due to
some minor bit of functionality, or a change in the API of some other
module for a part of the distribution that the person isn't planning on
using.

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Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>