Re: Document how to set up TAP tests for Perl 5.8.8

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Document how to set up TAP tests for Perl 5.8.8
Date: 2016-11-17 23:10:18
Message-ID: CAB7nPqRh6=W8mkuSS-u0yEpHOgufe2mtnnFn2hwC0iMdWRVodw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> I wasted a bunch of time getting set up to test for such an ancient
> Perl and would love to save the next person along the hassle by
> documenting the easy way.

It looks sensible to mention that in the README, so +1.

By the way, would it matter to mention ways to install perlbrew? For
example, I just bumped into http://install.perlbrew.pl by looking
around, though I don't doubt that most people would just use cpan with
"install App::perlbrew" for example. For OSX users with brew and
without macports that would matter.
--
Michael

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