On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> Well, if people are unwilling to add test suites to 'make >> check-world', we can add 'make check-universe' and I'll run that >> instead. And that can come with a big shiny disclaimer. I just want >> a way to compile and run EVERYTHING that people care about not >> breaking, which I think is frankly a pretty reasonable request! > > Really? How are you going to test Windows-specific (or any-other- > platform-but-yours-specific) code? How about WORDS_BIGENDIAN code, > or code that is sensitive to alignment rules? Or code that breaks > in locales you haven't got, or depends on compile options you don't > use? > > check-world isn't a magic bullet.
No, but deliberately leaving things out that could be run isn't helping anything either. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
