Hello. I am preparing to upload a new version of my Test2::Aggregate module to CPAN. I don't like dependencies myself, so when I want to add something like an optional function that not many would use and which would require a dependency, I load the module in runtime making a note in the documentation. So, PREREQ_PM does not contain these extra modules, however I do have tests around them that just skip if you don't have the module. The thing is, cpantesters and cpancover won't actually install the extra modules hence won't actually test these features (unless they happen to have them - but from cpancover at least I see they might not). But, if I add the modules to TEST_REQUIRES, then any user installing the module will have the extra modules installed anyway, which is what I tried to avoid in the first place.

Comments? Should I just add them to TEST_REQUIRES and not worry about it? I bet I am being a bit too OCD, but I don't like installing things I don't use.

Thanks!

In reply to Add optional modules to TEST_REQUIRES? by dkechag

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