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Testing & Reporting with CPAN-YACSmoke
Using the testing environment with yacsmoke.pl, testers are able to
report a distribution's test result, which is sent to the mailing list
using an uniform format.
If you correctly configure CPANPLUS, it will prompt you to submit a report every time you install a distribution manually. However, for the full CPAN Tester experience, you will need to download, test and submit reports automatically. This is what CPAN-YACSmoke was written for.
CPAN-YACSmoke, even without any configuration, can begin automated testing with the following command:
perl yacsmoke.pl
For each distribution tested, a grade is recorded within a database by CPAN-YACSmoke. If the grade is one of pass, fail, unknown or na, a report is sent using Test::Reporter automatically.
Using the default mechanism of Test::Reporter, reports are sent
straight away. However, for some fail reports, it would be prudent
for testers to double-check if it is really the module's problem. For
example, if there's no I<libgtk> on your system, a report about failing
to install Gtk should not be sent. At the moment there is no batch
mode within Test::Reporter to allow for reviewing of reports before
sending, although a patch may be forthcoming in the future.