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• You are threatening instead of helping. (Score:1)

  by LaPerla (33) on 2007.10.16 0:32 (#58388) Journal

  Please provide the full list of affected modules known so far. Saying "Amongst others" isn't helping anybody. This fix is going to break a whole lot of CPAN and will make it difficult to understand which breakages come from Test::Simple and which have other problems. As long as we have not a collection of patches that fix the modules known to affected this step isn't acceptable.

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  • Re: (Score:1)

    by ferreira (5993)

    To provide the full list is probably well beyond Schwern's forces. This issue affects a lot of testing code out there that is just plain wrong (because use_ok within a BEGIN would succeed even though no plan had been set).

    Some of the affected modules were spotted [perl.org] by Aristotle and others in a thread started one month ago [perl.org] at perl-qa mailing list. Schwern applied a fix and announced it I think he did what people would expect him to do.

    It is a pity if many of the authors of affected modules never
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by LaPerla (33)

      Well, it's not only Schwern's duty to fix a bug when he finds it but also to refuse to fix a bug when the community does not work as it should.
      
      So far there has not been observable effort to provide the list of affected modules. For a smooth transition we'd need a single document or wiki page where interested parties can work together to minimize the damage for the community as a whole.
      
      Pointing to that mailing list thread is not helpful when one wants to know if all authors have been informed personally. I w
      • Re: (Score:1)

        by ferreira (5993)

        Somebody, not necessarily Schwern should start to do it

        That reminds me a saying that I hear often at $work:

        Well volunteered!