Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2022-04-07 09:19:14 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I think these hints are usually not useful since users will use packaged
>> distributions and won't be interested in rebuilding their installation from
>> source.
> +1
+1, those hints are from another era.
> The xml stuff is at least old, but compression_1 isn't. I think we've tried to
> avoid long alternative output files where everything fails due to being
> unsupported for a while now? Robert, Dilip? See uses of :skip_test in various
> tests.
Agreed, we have a better technology now for stub test results. Come
to think of it, xml.sql really ought to be redone along the same lines.
regards, tom lane