Bug#750174: ITP: libtest-filename-perl -- portable filename comparison

Mon Jun 2 10:46:56 UTC 2014

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>

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* Package name    : libtest-filename-perl
  Version         : 0.03
  Upstream Author : David Golden <dagolden at cpan.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/Test-Filename
* License         : Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : portable filename comparison

 Many cross-platform test failures -- particularly on Win32 -- are due
 to hard-coded file paths being used in comparison tests.
 .
  my $file = get_file();     # returns "foo\bar.t";
  is( $file, "foo/bar.t" );  # fails on Win32
 .
 Test::Filename provides some handy functions to convert all those path
 separators automatically so filename tests will just DWIM.
 .
 The alternative is to write your own utility subroutine and use it
 everywhere or just keep on littering your test code with calls to
 File::Spec -- yuck!
 .
  is( $file, File::Spec->canonpath("some/path"), "should pass" );
 .
 Since this module is so simple, you might not think it worth including
 as a dependency.  After all, it's not that hard to always remember to
 use File::Spec, Path::Tiny or some other file utility, right? But odds
 are that, at some point, you'll be so busy writing tests that you'll
 forget and hard-code a path in your haste to show what a clever
 programmer you are.
 .
 So just use this module and stop worrying about it.  You'll be happier
 and so will anyone trying to install your modules on Win32.

This package is needed by libpath-iterator-rule-perl and
libdist-inkt-perl.
It will be maintained in the Debian Perl Team.