Re^11: 5.10 imminent?

Ok, first off, no pretty much everything youve said here is not correct. Sorry.

No need for apologies, I pretty much knew it would be when I posted it, hence the '?'s. But, with greatest of respect and thanks for your having posted this 'blow by blow on win32', without having done any further googles looking for specific keyphrases from the above, almost nothing of what you have posted relates to anything I have seen in any of the many, many online documents I have scanned looking for answers.

So the question is, how could I (or any other potential Win32 smoketest neophyte), have discovered this information other than by asking? You are now a well seasoned perl source diver/builder/tester/developer, but it has taken you something like 2 years of your free time to reach you current level of knowledge? I assume that you have acquired the knowledge that allowed you to arrive at the above, over some considerable subset of that period. And maybe with some assistance from your forbears and peers on the p5p lists?

Anyway, my greatest thanks for your having taken the time to write up the above. I will attempt to work my way through it this evening and record my progress and experiences. Assuming that I am able to achieve the desired result, I will write up a full step by step of the process and post it here in a new thread for others to see and perhaps use.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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Re^12: 5.10 imminent? by demerphq (Chancellor) on Apr 13, 2007 at 11:53 UTC
Actually I only got smoke up and running over the last week. There were some issues with the smoke framework under win32 and I worked with Abe to get them resolved. Theres no question that getting smoking running on win32 is/was non-trivial and underdocumented. Since there are only two or three people doing it there hasnt been a lot of testing. However I now smoke daily on win32 so ill be keeping an eye on the process. And Abe is quite responsive to issues with smoke so if issues come up they are addressed fairly quickly. I agree with you btw, its not an easy process to do without somebody to hold your hand. It would be a real benefit to the community if you converted my quick review here into a proper pod document for doing smokes on win32. In fact the smoke documentation could do with a HOWTO or something that runs through the full process. Currently most of the explanations are scattered through various files and its not so clear how to procede. Please note I updated the first paragraph of my post, and added one to the bottom. If any issues come up with the process why not email me about it and ill see what i can do to help you out. --- $world=~s/war/peace/g	[reply]
Re^13: 5.10 imminent? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 13, 2007 at 13:20 UTC
Before I go any further, is the following expected when testing Test::Smoke? Or should I try and resolve these issues before going further? <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> Update:Looking into this it's probably because I have -w enabled on my perl alias? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l]