Re: [PATCH] big test separation POC - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fabien COELHO
Subject Re: [PATCH] big test separation POC
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Msg-id alpine.DEB.2.02.1307010652240.2808@localhost6.localdomain6
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In response to Re: [PATCH] big test separation POC  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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>> Note about the POC patch limitations/questions:
>>
>>  - is deriving a schedule with a piece of shell okay?
>>    or should perl/python/whatever scripting be better?
>
> I would think all we need are the results, i.e. the schedule files, plus 
> some Makefile entries for them.

You can replicate data, but maintaining a set of files consistently looks 
like a bad idea to me, because it means that you have to update all 
replicated data for all changes. The current status is that there are two 
files, parallel & sequential, so it is not too bad. With big tests that 
could be 4, so it seems reasonnable to have at least some automatic 
derivation.

>>  - I'm really not sure about VPATH stuff.
>
> This should be totally transparent to VPATH builds.

Sure:-) It means that I have not tested that, so it may or may not work.

>>  - I do not understand why the makefile specifies $(srcdir) before
>>    local files in some places.
>
> For VPATH builds :-)

Hmmm. That is not what I call "transparent":-) So I understand that 
derived files should not have them, because they would be put in the build 
tree instead of the source tree.

-- 
Fabien.



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