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=head1 NAME

CPAN::Reporter::Config - Config file options for CPAN::Reporter

=head1 VERSION

This documentation refers to version 1.1708

=head1 SYNOPSIS

From the CPAN shell:

  cpan> o conf init test_report

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Default options for CPAN::Reporter are read from a configuration file 
C<<< .cpanreporter/config.ini >>> in the user's home directory (Unix and OS X)
or "My Documents" directory (Windows).

The configuration file is in "ini" format, with the option name and value
separated by an "=" sign

   email_from = "John Doe" <johndoe@nowhere.org>
   edit_report = no

Interactive configuration of email address, mail server and common
action prompts may be repeated at any time from the CPAN shell.  

  cpan> o conf init test_report

If a configuration file does not exist, it will be created the first
time interactive configuration is performed.

Subsequent interactive configuration will also include any advanced
options that have been added manually to the configuration file.

=head1 INTERACTIVE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

=head2 Email Address (required)

CPAN::Reporter requires users to provide an email address that will be used
in the "From" header of the email to cpan-testers@perl.org.

=over

=item *

C<<< email_from = <email address> >>> -- email address of the user sending the
test report; it should be a valid address format, e.g.:

=back

  user@domain
  John Doe <user@domain>
  "John Q. Public" <user@domain>

Because C<<< cpan-testers >>> uses a mailing list to collect test reports, it is
helpful if the email address provided is subscribed to the list.  Otherwise,
test reports will be held until manually reviewed and approved.  

Subscribing an account to the cpan-testers list is as easy as sending a blank
email to cpan-testers-subscribe@perl.org and replying to the confirmation
email.

=head2 Mail Server

By default, Test::Reporter attempts to send mail directly to perl.org mail 
servers.  This may fail if a user's computer is behind a network firewall 
that blocks outbound email.  In this case, the following option should
be set to the outbound mail server (i.e., SMTP server) as provided by
the user's Internet service provider (ISP):

=over

=item *

C<<< smtp_server = <server list> >>> -- one or more alternate outbound mail servers
if the default perl.org mail servers cannot be reached; multiple servers may be
given, separated with a space (none by default)

=back

In at least one reported case, an ISP's outbound mail servers also refused 
to forward mail unless the C<<< email_from >>> was from the ISP-given email address. 

=head2 Action Prompts

Several steps in the generation of a test report are optional.  Configuration
options control whether an action should be taken automatically or whether
CPAN::Reporter should prompt the user for the action to take.  The action
to take may be different for each report grade.

Valid actions, and their associated meaning, are as follows:

=over

=item *

C<<< yes >>> -- automatic yes

=item *

C<<< no >>> -- automatic no

=item *

C<<< ask/no >>> or just C<<< ask >>> -- ask each time, but default to no

=item *

C<<< ask/yes >>> -- ask each time, but default to yes

=back

For "ask" prompts, the default will be used if return is pressed immediately at
the prompt or if the C<<< PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT >>> environment variable is set to a
true value.

Action prompt options take one or more space-separated "grade:action" pairs,
which are processed left to right.

  edit_report = fail:ask/yes pass:no

An action by itself is taken as a default to be used for any grade which does
not have a grade-specific action.  A default action may also be set by using
the word "default" in place of a grade.  

  edit_report = ask/no
  edit_report = default:ask/no

A grade by itself is taken to have the action "yes" for that grade.

  edit_report = default:no fail

Multiple grades may be specified together by separating them with a slash.

  edit_report = pass:no fail/na/unknown:ask/yes

The action prompt options included in interactive configuration are:

=over

=item *

C<<< edit_report = <grade:action> ... >>> -- edit the test report before sending? 
(default:askE<sol>no passE<sol>na:no)

=item *

C<<< send_report = <grade:action> ... >>> -- should test reports be sent at all?
(default:askE<sol>yes passE<sol>na:yes)

=back

Note that if C<<< send_report >>> is set to "no", CPAN::Reporter will still go through
the motions of preparing a report, but will discard it rather than send it.

A better way to disable CPAN::Reporter temporarily is with the CPAN option
C<<< test_report >>>:

  cpan> o conf test_report 0

=head1 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

These additional options are only necessary in special cases, for example if
the default editor cannot be found or if reports shouldn't be sent in 
certain situations or for automated testing, and so on.

=over

=item *

C<<< command_timeout >>> -- if greater than zero and the CPAN config is
C<<< inactivity_timeout >>> is not set, then any commands executed by CPAN::Reporter 
will be halted after this many seconds; useful for unattended smoke testing 
to stop after some amount of time; generally, this should be large -- 
900 seconds or more -- as some distributions' tests take quite a long time to 
run.  On MSWin32, L<Win32::Job> is a needed and trying to kill a processes may 
actually deadlock in some situations -- so use at your own risk.  On other
platforms, L<Proc::ProcessTable> and L<Proc::Killfam> are required.

=item *

C<<< editor = <editor> >>> -- editor to use to edit the test report; if not set,
Test::Reporter will use environment variables C<<< VISUAL >>>, C<<< EDITOR >>> or C<<< EDIT >>>
(in that order) to find an editor 

=item *

C<<< send_duplicates = <grade:action> ... >>> -- should duplicates of previous 
reports be sent, regardless of C<<< send_report >>>? (default:no)

=item *

C<<< send_PL_report = <grade:action> ... >>> -- if defined, used in place of 
C<<< send_report >>> during the PL phase

=item *

C<<< send_make_report = <grade:action> ... >>> -- if defined, used in place of 
C<<< send_report >>> during the make phase

=item *

C<<< send_test_report = <grade:action> ... >>> -- if defined, used in place of 
C<<< send_report >>> during the test phase

=item *

C<<< send_skipfile = <skipfile> >>> -- filename containing regular expressions (one
per line) to match against the distribution ID (e.g. 
'AUTHORE<sol>Dist-Name-0.01.tar.gz'); the report will not be sent if a match is 
found; non-absolute filename must be in the .cpanreporter config directory;

=item *

C<<< transport = <transport> [transport args] >>> -- if defined, passed to the 
C<<< transport() >>> method of L<Test::Reporter>.  See below for 
more details.  (CPAN::Reporter uses 'Net::SMTP' for this by default.)

=back

If these options are manually added to the configuration file, they will
be included (and preserved) in subsequent interactive configuration.

=head2 Skipfile regular expressions

Skip files are expected to have one regular expression per line and will be 
matched against the distribution ID, composed of the author's CPAN ID and the 
distribution tarball name.

     DAGOLDEN/CPAN-Reporter-1.00.tar.gz

Lines that begin with a sharp (#) are considered comments and will not be
matched.  All regular expressionss will be matched case insensitive and will
not be anchored unless you provide one. 

As the format of a distribution ID is "AUTHORE<sol>tarball", anchoring at the 
start of the line with a caret (^) will match the author and with a slash (E<sol>)
will match the distribution.  

     # any distributions by JOHNDOE
     ^JOHNDOE
     # any distributions starting with Win32
     /Win32
     # a particular very specific distribution
     ^JOHNDOE/Foo-Bar-3.14

=head2 Transport options

The L<Test::Reporter> 1.39_XX development series added support for multiple
transport modules, e.g. L<Test::Reporter::Transport::Net::SMTP::TLS> or
L<Test::Reporter::Transport::HTTPGateway>.  To use them with CPAN::Reporter,
set the 'transport' config option to the name of the transport module 
(without the 'Test::Reporter::Transport' prefix) and any required arguments,
separated by white space. For example:

   transport=Net::SMTP::TLS User jdoe@example.com Password 12345
   transport=HTTPGateway http://example.com/cpantesters.cgi MyKey
   transport=File ~/saved-reports-dir

The transport module may be any Test::Reporter::Transport installed on your
system.  As of Test::Reporter 1.39_05, transports included 'Net::SMTP', 
'Net::SMTP::TLS', 'Mail::Send',  'HTTPGateway' and 'File'.

=head1 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS FOR DEBUGGING

These options are useful for debugging only:

=over

=item *

C<<< debug = <boolean> >>> -- turns debugging onE<sol>off

=item *

C<<< email_to = <email address> >>> -- alternate destination for reports instead of
C<<< cpan-testers@perl.org >>>; used for testing

=back

=head1 ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables may be set to alter the default locations 
for CPAN::Reporter files:

=over

=item *

C<<< PERL_CPAN_REPORTER_DIR >>> -- if set, this directory is used in place of
the default .cpanreporter directory; this will affect not only the location
of the default C<<< config.ini >>>, but also the location of the 
L<CPAN::Reporter::History> database and any other files that live in that
directory

=item *

C<<< PERL_CPAN_REPORTER_CONFIG >>> -- if set, this file is used in place of 
the default C<<< config.ini >>> file; it may be in any directory, regardless of the 
choice of configuration directory

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

=over

=item *

L<CPAN::Reporter>

=item *

L<CPAN::Reporter::History>

=item *

L<CPAN::Reporter::FAQ>

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

David A. Golden (DAGOLDEN)

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 by David A. Golden

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at 
L<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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