Source: libtest-database-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: gregor herrmann Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9) Build-Depends-Indep: libdbd-csv-perl, libdbd-sqlite2-perl, libdbd-sqlite3-perl, libdbi-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libsql-statement-perl, libtest-pod-coverage-perl, libtest-pod-perl, libyaml-tiny-perl (>= 1.62), perl Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libtest-database-perl.git Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-perl/packages/libtest-database-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Test-Database Package: libtest-database-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, libdbi-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libyaml-tiny-perl (>= 1.62) Suggests: libdbd-csv-perl, libdbd-sqlite2-perl, libdbd-sqlite3-perl Description: support for testing against multiple unspecified databases From the perspective of a module author, this allows you to write tests against a datbase without knowing precisely which databases will be used. You call Test::Database->handles() and you get a number of DBI handles against which you can run your tests. You can specify which Databases you are willing to support. . From the perspective of someone installing a perl module which uses Test::Database, you put a config file in your home directory which explains how to connect to non-file based databases. File based databases do not normally needed configuration so long as the DBD driver is available.