[Dbix-class] Test::DBIC needs to be core, not a copy+paste from core

[Christopher H. Laco]

Matt S Trout wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 09:37:03AM -0500, Nathan Gray wrote:
>> I wanted to use something like DBICTest or DBIC::Test for testing my
>> models.  I did not find them packaged anywhere, just in the t/
>> directories of other distributions.
> =

> So of course your first action was to mail here, so I could say:
> =

> Yes, that's something we've been wanting to fix for a while. I'd love for
> you to put together a branch for 09 and refactor the DBIx::Class tests
> themselves to use it as a template for future authors.
> =

> It would be really unfortunate to copy and paste this out of the main
> distribution since the result wouldn't be testable without DBIC itself and
> thus chicken-and-egg problems would make it impossible to use for DBIC
> core, thus making the whole exercise pointless since it wouldn't track co=
re
> DBIC changes.
> =

> Do you already have a user on the cat or dbic svn?
> =



Aside from the obvious from mst, ++ for the thought and following it.
I've oft found the same desire for an official DBIC Test chunk that does
the whole t/var/deploy/populate since I have some version of that in
most of my modules, including:

  Handel
  Mango
  D::C::I::Currency
  D::C::Validation
  D::C::UUIDColumns

-=3DChris

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
Url : http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/dbix-class/attachments/20071112/5a=
314568/signature.pgp