David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> writes: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 03:11:07PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> Sure. But everyone using pg_regress will have to update their >> regression test expected outputs.
> Again, I must be missing something super important. What is it that > prevents people from doing > find . -type f |xargs perl -pi.bak -e 's/\s+$//g' I think the concern isn't about the change being hard to make, it's about the fallout from having to have different expected-result files for 9.1 versus previous releases. A lot of third-party modules try to maintain source code compatibility across all PG releases they support, and this would break that. That's not necessarily a sufficient reason for us not to do it --- but it's definitely not a negligible issue, either. It should be noted that this won't be zero-cost for the core project either. For example, any back-patched fix that adjusts regression test outputs will have to deal with the incompatibility. And if we do put in some git-level check on whitespace, it'll have to be made to only apply to master not back branches. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers