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

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(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: 2016-11-18 00:15:36
Message-ID: CAMsr+YH4weCTufu+bRQw3HESrg3V22qeMocZgrVWO4SUKwd8gw@mail.gmail.com
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On 18 November 2016 at 07:10, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 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.

The docs linked mention it, so I figured that'd probably do. Though I
notice it's only mentioned in the "configuration" section not under
"installation", so maybe it's worth adding yeah.

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Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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