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On 2019-10-17 10:33, Doug Bell wrote: > That said, timely data is more useful than untimely data. Do we need > reports submitted in 2006? Data for modules only available on BackPAN > isn't actionable, so do we need to keep that information? As long as we have BackPAN, this information is useful, for one particular case. Sometimes, you need to find when the module started to fail for some outdated Perl version. Often, this version is already removed from CPAN. This situation is really rare but I ran into it when dealing with old versions of Perl. And it was quite popular module. > So, questions for those affected: > > * Do you look at text reports older than 5 years? 3 years? 1 year? Usually, less than 1 year. But I'd like to have access to recent FAIL reports though. If distribution Acme-A was last tested on platform X with Perl 5.12.0 and failed, I'd like to have access to this particular information regardless of when the report was submitted. PASS report for DBI.pm on Perl 5.28 or 5.30 on i686-linux platform? No one really needs the contents of every (or any for that matter) report. > * Are test summaries useful to you without the full text of the report? The grade is useful even without the text. Full text for PASS reports is probably not really useful at all. > * Are pass/fail counts older than 5 years useful to you? 3 years? 1 year? Yes, especially for versions/platforms that are not being actively tested anymore. -- S.T.Thread Previous | Thread Next