Playing with Alias' new CPANDB
This is a somewhat simple query that identifies CPAN authors that use modules from the Test namespace in their runtime phase, according to the data from CPANDB. SELECT d.author, count(r.module) AS test_namespace_used_in_runtime_phase FROM requires r JOIN distribution d ON r.distribution = d.distribution WHERE r.module LIKE 'Test::%' AND r.phase = 'runtime' GROUP BY d.author ORDER BY test_namespace_used_in_runtime_phase DESC LIMIT 20
| d.author | test_namespace_used_in_runtime_phase |
|---|---|
| NUFFIN | 122 |
| BDFOY | 84 |
| LUSHE | 78 |
| ANDYA | 75 |
| LBROCARD | 67 |
| RJBS | 66 |
| MARKOV | 62 |
| MIYAGAWA | 54 |
| ISHIGAKI | 53 |
| PETDANCE | 46 |
| SIMONW | 45 |
| TOKUHIROM | 40 |
| MCMAHON | 39 |
| NKH | 36 |
| APOCAL | 35 |
| DAVEBAIRD | 34 |
| LEOCHARRE | 34 |
| KARMAN | 31 |
| SHLOMIF | 31 |
| BARBIE | 29 |
Some modules might actually require modules from the Test namespace in their runtime phase, but this many? I would think that this is an indicator that some authors mark their test requirements in the wrong way (or CPANDB is wrong). Maybe some Makefile.PL cleanup should done?