On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 8:04 PM Ertan Küçükoglu
<ertan.kucukoglu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a complete noob about PostgreSQL development.
> I don't know about the PostgreSQL CI system.
> I will be needing some help as to how to do the tests.
> I have access to different Windows OSes (v10, Server 2022 mainly).
> These systems can be set to English or Turkish locales if needed.
> I can also add new Windows versions if needed.
> I do not know how to use patch files. I am also not sure what tests I should do.
> Do I need to set up a Windows build system for PostgreSQL CI?
> Will I download some files (EXE, etc) ready for testing? Copy them over an existing installation for testing?
Sorry, I didn't mean to put you on the spot :-) Yeah you'd need to
install a compiler, various libraries and tools to be able to build
form source with a patch. Unfortunately I'm not the best person to
explain how to do that on Windows as I don't use it. Honestly it
might be a bit too much new stuff to figure out at once just to test
this small patch. What I'd be hoping for is confirmation that there
are no weird unintended consequences or problems I'm not seeing since
I'm writing blind patches based on documentation only, but it's
probably too much to ask to figure out the whole development
environment and then go on an open ended expedition looking for
unknown problems.
