I'm the module author so expect some bias.

With all due respect due to your opinion, "no non-core dependencies" is the most silly claim ever because all the modules making the claim are by definition non-core. This said, I am guilty of having many dependencies in most of my modules (I may get better at some point but I frankly doubt it). I still hope you can find one that may be usefull.

I totally agree with you that the module should be only used in author test mode to make it more manageable for end users.

There was little I could do for the errors on 5.10.0 because the errors are probably not in my module. The error on a 5.10.0 are different on bsd and linux and to quote someone who's much better than I am with testing "<Schwern> If its some sort of memory corruption voodoo that would make sense". It does pass testing in 5.10.1 and 5.11.0 wich hopefully qualify for modern perl versions.

There are still a few things I'd like to implement in POD::Tested (also check the twin module Test::Cookbook). I'm impatiently longing for community input.

I hope this does shades some brighter light.

Cheers, Nadim.