You can't have both. A test either fails or passes. If it fails during CPAN testing, it will get marked as "FAIL". If it fails elsewhere, it will get marked as "FAIL". If it passes, it will get marked as "PASS". If you have a "FAIL", you will likely be sent a mail from the CPAN testers, so if you want to learn about things, that will happen.

If you are testing for things that are not relevant, you will paint yourself in the corner that users can't automatically install your module with passing tests. If you think that the test is relevant, then include it. If you don't think it is relevant, skip it.

If you want to run long tests, or tests that just check the integrity of your documentation, add these as "author tests" under the xt/ directory of your distribution. I'm not sure how these tests are run by Makefile.PL / Build.PL - I would assume that you need to set some environment variable for these to be run.

In reply to Re^3: How To Test by Corion
in thread How To Test by John M. Dlugosz

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