Source: libtest-database-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: gregor herrmann Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) Build-Depends-Indep: libdbd-csv-perl , libdbd-sqlite3-perl , libdbi-perl , libfile-homedir-perl , libsql-statement-perl , libtest-pod-coverage-perl , libtest-pod-perl , libyaml-tiny-perl , perl Standards-Version: 4.6.0 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libtest-database-perl Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libtest-database-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Test-Database Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: libtest-database-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, libdbi-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libyaml-tiny-perl Suggests: libdbd-csv-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.