RE: beta5 ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Michael Ansley |
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Subject | RE: beta5 ... |
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Msg-id | 7F124BC48D56D411812500D0B747251480F43F@FILESERVER002 Whole thread Raw |
In response to | beta5 ... (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
<p><font size="2">Would there be any value in setting up a project on sourceforge to make use of their compile farm? I knowthat it doesn't cover all platforms, but it would perhaps be a start to mechanical compile and regression testing.</font><p><fontsize="2">Just a thought...</font><br /><p><font size="2">MikeA</font><br /><br /><p><font size="2">-----OriginalMessage-----</font><br /><font size="2">From: Tom Lane [<a href="mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</a>]</font><br/><font size="2">Sent: 20 February 2001 15:51</font><br/><font size="2">To: Justin Clift</font><br /><font size="2">Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org</font><br /><fontsize="2">Subject: Re: [HACKERS] beta5 ... </font><br /><p><font size="2">>> As a matter of curiosity, is eachbeta compiled and then regression</font><br /><font size="2">>> tested against *every* one of the known "supported"platforms before</font><br /><font size="2">>> release?</font><p><font size="2">Who are you expecting todo that, exactly?</font><p><font size="2">One of the differences between Postgres and a proprietary commercial </font><br/><font size="2">database is that there is no vast support machinery behind the scenes.</font><br /><font size="2">Whatyou see going on on this list is what you get: beta testing</font><br /><font size="2">consists of the activitiesperformed and reported by list members.</font><p><font size="2">Normally, if we are about to push out a beta thentwo or three people</font><br /><font size="2">will double-check that the current CVS tip builds and passes regression</font><br/><font size="2">on their personal machines. But the "supported platforms" coverage</font><br /><fontsize="2">depicted in the docs consists of all the platforms that are reported to</font><br /><font size="2">us asworking during the entire beta test period, including many that</font><br /><font size="2">the key developers have no directaccess to. There's no way that we</font><br /><font size="2">could reverse the process and cause that to happen beforea beta release</font><br /><font size="2">instead of after; certainly no way that we could cause all that effort</font><br/><font size="2">to be repeated for each beta version.</font><p><font size="2">If you are using a beta versionthen you are part of that testing</font><br /><font size="2">process, not a beneficiary of something that's happenedbehind closed</font><br /><font size="2">doors.</font><p> <font size="2">regards, tom lane</font><code><fontsize="3"><br /><br /> **********************************************************************<br />This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and<br /> intended solely for the use of the individual orentity to whom they<br /> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify<br /> Nick West - GlobalInfrastructure Manager.<br /><br /> This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by<br /> MIMEsweeperfor the presence of computer viruses.<br /><br /> www.mimesweeper.com<br /> **********************************************************************<br/></font></code>
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