On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Peter Geoghegan <pg@heroku.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Michael Paquier
> <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Another tool that we had better IMO put some efforts in porting
>> into core is sqlsmith, which would actually be a complete rewrite
>> because the upstream code is under GPL license and depends on libpqxx.
>
> Then Andreas Seltenreich better get a commit bit. I've seen him turn
> around changes in sqlsmith to test new areas of Postgres in a couple
> of days. That's a big reason why he has been so effective.
>
> What benefit does porting sqlsmith for inclusion in core have? I can
> only think of costs, including those that you mentioned.
We have automatic buildfarm coverage on many platforms. Perhaps we
could live without that with a buildfarm module though.
--
Michael
