Re^2: Checking if your CPAN distributions need to bump their prereq versions

Hi Tux,

Indeed, I do exactly this with my own modules, which is why the default of this software is to show only one's own dependencies.

I test my modules along with all of their reverse dependencies with another software I wrote, Test::BrewBuild. It has the capabilities built-in to spin up new perlbrew instances for each test, ensure my distributions still pass, then tests any/all distributions on the CPAN that use my distributions as well.

This ensures that changes I've made don't break anything anywhere else.

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Re^3: Checking if your CPAN distributions need to bump their prereq versions by stevieb (Canon) on Jun 27, 2017 at 15:47 UTC
To elaborate... `cd ~/repos/mock-sub git pull # make changes, perhaps bumping one of my # own prereq versions` [download] My Test::BrewBuild software does a lot of things, but a basic run is started out of the current working directory, and runs unit tests of itself and optionally as in the case below, runs all the unit tests of all reverse dependencies against the changed version of the distribution I'm planning on uploading to the CPAN against any and/or all installed versions of Perlbrew (and Berrybrew) perls (you can also remove them all and install any number of them from scratch to have a clean slate for every test if you want). I won't bother getting into the network dispatching capabilities, or the automation aspects. Here's an example after a random change that clearly broke things for some of the revdeps: brewbuild -R reverse dependencies: RPi::DigiPot::MCP4XXXX Devel::Examine::Subs PSGI::Hector App::RPi::EnvUI File::Edit::Portable Devel::Trace::Subs RPi::DigiPot::MCP4XXXX 5.10.1 :: PASS 5.18.4 :: PASS 5.20.3 :: PASS 5.24.1 :: PASS 5.26.0 :: PASS Devel::Examine::Subs 5.10.1 :: PASS 5.18.4 :: PASS 5.20.3 :: PASS 5.24.1 :: PASS 5.26.0 :: FAIL PSGI::Hector 5.10.1 :: PASS 5.18.4 :: PASS 5.20.3 :: PASS 5.24.1 :: PASS 5.26.0 :: FAIL App::RPi::EnvUI 5.10.1 :: FAIL 5.18.4 :: FAIL 5.20.3 :: FAIL 5.24.1 :: FAIL 5.26.0 :: FAIL File::Edit::Portable 5.10.1 :: PASS 5.18.4 :: PASS 5.20.3 :: PASS 5.24.1 :: PASS 5.26.0 :: PASS Devel::Trace::Subs 5.10.1 :: PASS 5.18.4 :: PASS 5.20.3 :: PASS 5.24.1 :: PASS 5.26.0 :: FAIL [download] Once all tests pass for all reverse dependencies, it's safe for me to upload the new version to CPAN.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Checking if your CPAN distributions need to bump their prereq versions
by stevieb (Canon) on Jun 27, 2017 at 15:47 UTC

To elaborate...

    cd ~/repos/mock-sub
    git pull
    # make changes, perhaps bumping one of my
    # own prereq versions
[download]

My Test::BrewBuild software does a lot of things, but a basic run is started out of the current working directory, and runs unit tests of itself and optionally as in the case below, runs all the unit tests of all reverse dependencies against the changed version of the distribution I'm planning on uploading to the CPAN against any and/or all installed versions of Perlbrew (and Berrybrew) perls (you can also remove them all and install any number of them from scratch to have a clean slate for every test if you want). I won't bother getting into the network dispatching capabilities, or the automation aspects.

Here's an example after a random change that clearly broke things for some of the revdeps:

    brewbuild -R

    reverse dependencies: 

    RPi::DigiPot::MCP4XXXX 
    Devel::Examine::Subs 
    PSGI::Hector 
    App::RPi::EnvUI 
    File::Edit::Portable 
    Devel::Trace::Subs

    RPi::DigiPot::MCP4XXXX
    5.10.1 :: PASS
    5.18.4 :: PASS
    5.20.3 :: PASS
    5.24.1 :: PASS
    5.26.0 :: PASS

    Devel::Examine::Subs
    5.10.1 :: PASS
    5.18.4 :: PASS
    5.20.3 :: PASS
    5.24.1 :: PASS
    5.26.0 :: FAIL

    PSGI::Hector
    5.10.1 :: PASS
    5.18.4 :: PASS
    5.20.3 :: PASS
    5.24.1 :: PASS
    5.26.0 :: FAIL

    App::RPi::EnvUI
    5.10.1 :: FAIL
    5.18.4 :: FAIL
    5.20.3 :: FAIL
    5.24.1 :: FAIL
    5.26.0 :: FAIL

    File::Edit::Portable
    5.10.1 :: PASS
    5.18.4 :: PASS
    5.20.3 :: PASS
    5.24.1 :: PASS
    5.26.0 :: PASS

    Devel::Trace::Subs
    5.10.1 :: PASS
    5.18.4 :: PASS
    5.20.3 :: PASS
    5.24.1 :: PASS
    5.26.0 :: FAIL
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Once all tests pass for all reverse dependencies, it's safe for me to upload the new version to CPAN.

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