2010/11/9 David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com>: > On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > >> One possible way out is not to include these tests in the main test set >> and instead require manual invocation. >> >> Better ideas? > > I've been talking to Nasby and Dunstan about adding a Test::More/pgTAP-based > test suite to the core. It wouldn't run with the usual core suite used by > developers, which would continue to use pg_regress. But they could run it if > they wanted (and had the prerequisites), and the build farm animals would run > them regularly. > > The nice thing about using a TAP-based framework is that you can skip tests > that don't meet platform requirements, and compare values within the tests, > right where you write them, rather than in a separate file. You can also > dynamically change how you compare things depending on the environment, such > as the locales that vary on different platforms. > > Thoughts?
Are you thinking of a contrib module 'pgtap' that we can use to accomplish the optionnal regression tests ? -- Cédric Villemain 2ndQuadrant http://2ndQuadrant.fr/ PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
