Relax developer policy, allowing to skip optional dependencies when in a checkout

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / t / lib / DBICTest / AuthorCheck.pm

diff --git a/t/lib/DBICTest/AuthorCheck.pm b/t/lib/DBICTest/AuthorCheck.pm
index 90903b4..c75b887 100644 (file)
--- a/t/lib/DBICTest/AuthorCheck.pm
+++ b/t/lib/DBICTest/AuthorCheck.pm
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ sub _check_author_makefile {
 We have a number of reasons to believe that this is a development
 checkout and that you, the user, did not run `perl Makefile.PL`
 before using this code. You absolutely _must_ perform this step,
-and ensure you have all required dependencies present. Not doing
+to ensure you have all required dependencies present. Not doing
 so often results in a lot of wasted time for other contributors
 trying to assit you with spurious "its broken!" problems.
 
+By default DBICs Makefile.PL turns all optional dependenciess into
+*HARD REQUIREMENTS*, in order to make sure that the entire test
+suite is executed, and no tests are skipped due to missing modules.
+If you for some reason need to disable this behavior - supply the
+--skip_author_deps option when running perl Makefile.PL
+
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