Bug#933949: RFP: libtest-fitesque-perl -- Formulate test fixture tables in data structures

[Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : libtest-fitesque-perl
  Version         : 0.04
  Upstream Author : Scott McWhirter <konobi@cpan.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::FITesque
* License         : BSD
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Formulate test fixture tables in data structures

Test::FITesque is a framework designed to emulate the FIT
http://fit.c2.com framework, but with a more perlish touch. While it
is possible to use the FIT framework from within perl, it has a lot of
unnessecary overhead related to its origins in the Java world.

It can be used to formulate tests in a structured manner rather than
rely on doing it within a programming language. Such formulations are
known as fixture tables.

With this, you can
* store fixture tables in whatever format you want (JSON, YAML, Storable, etc)

* simplify the execution process to make it very transparent.

* use the normal Perl testing tools

* save the TAP output to more easily capture test results over time to
track regressions and problematic tests.

It also forms the basis for the Solid project test suite.