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On 11/24/2012 05:57 PM, Ricardo Signes wrote: > * Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> [2012-11-20T22:54:23] >> It would be good to have a comment in each file that indicates what >> the features being tested are that prohibit its use of test.pl > > Absolutely. I would really like to have the "can't use test.pl" tests isolated > and commented to help future contributors. I've been bitten by the same "you > actually can't do that" feedback in the past, and it was quite a drag! > And it leaves a bad taste in the mouth that perhaps Perl doesn't welcome patches from newcomers. It's clear that we aren't really management types here. A good manager will spend a lot of time making sure that things are set up to smooth the way for the workers; like Schwern seems to do (in my limited experience)Thread Previous | Thread Next