Installation

  cpan> install CPAN::Reporter

If CPAN.pm was upgraded, it needs to be reloaded.

  cpan> reload cpan

Configuration

If not prompted automatically, users should manually initialize CPAN::Reporter support. After enabling CPAN::Reporter, CPAN.pm will automatically continue with interactive configuration of CPAN::Reporter options.

  cpan> o conf init test_report

Users will need to enter an email address in one of the following formats:

  johndoe@example.com
  John Doe <johndoe@example.com>
  "John Q. Public" <johnqpublic@example.com>

Users that are new to CPAN::Reporter should accept the recommended values for other configuration options.

Users will be prompted to create a Metabase profile file that uniquely identifies their test reports. See "The Metabase" below for details.

After completing interactive configuration, be sure to commit (save) the CPAN configuration changes.

  cpan> o conf commit

See CPAN::Reporter::Config for advanced configuration settings.

The Metabase

CPAN::Reporter sends test reports to a server known as the Metabase. This requires an active Internet connection and a profile file. To create the profile, users will need to run "metabase-profile" from a terminal window and fill the information at the prompts. This will create a file called "metabase_id.json" in the current directory. That file should be moved to the ".cpanreporter" directory inside the user's home directory.

Users with an existing metabase profile file (e.g. from another machine), should copy it into the ".cpanreporter" directory instead of creating a new one. Profile files may be located outside the ".cpanreporter" directory by following instructions in CPAN::Reporter::Config.

Default Test Comments

This module puts default text into the "TESTER COMMENTS" section, typically, "none provided" if doing interactive testing, or, if doing smoke testing that sets C<$ENV{AUTOMATED_TESTING}> to a true value, "this report is from an automated smoke testing program and was not reviewed by a human for accuracy." If C<CPAN::Reporter> is configured to allow editing of the report, this can be edited during submission.

If you wish to override the default comment, you can create a file named C<comment.txt> in the configuration directory (typically ".cpanreporter" under the user's home directory), with the default comment you would like to appear.

Note that if your test is an automated smoke test (C<$ENV{AUTOMATED_TESTING}> is set to a true value), the smoke test notice ("this report is from an automated smoke testing program and was not reviewed by a human for accuracy") is included along with a blank line before your C<comment.txt>, so that it is always possible to distinguish automated tests from non-automated tests that use this module.

Using CPAN::Reporter

For example, to test the File::Marker module:

  cpan> test File::Marker

If a distribution's tests fail, users will be prompted to edit the report to add additional information that might help the author understand the failure.

Bugs / Feature Requests

Source Code

<https://github.com/cpan-testers/CPAN-Reporter>

  git clone https://github.com/cpan-testers/CPAN-Reporter.git