Re: regression tests for ALTER TABLE ... DEFAULT - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: regression tests for ALTER TABLE ... DEFAULT
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Msg-id 3416.1019624569@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: regression tests for ALTER TABLE ... DEFAULT  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: regression tests for ALTER TABLE ... DEFAULT  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Don't you ever run the tests before checking stuff in?

> ... Nope.  I do it once a batch is checked in.  I assume submitters have
> already done it.  Too much work.

Whether or not you assume that the submitter ran regress tests, it's
unsafe to assume that a several-days-old patch is still good against
current CVS tip.  Especially not when you get merge failures, as you
certainly must have in this case.

            regards, tom lane

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