On 2020-12-27 20:07, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:22:23AM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 12:02:48PM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote:
>>> I meant to notice if the binary format is accidentally changed again, which was
>>> what happened here:
>>> 7c15cef86 Base information_schema.sql_identifier domain on name, not varchar.
>>>
>>> I added a table to the regression tests so it's processed by pg_upgrade tests,
>>> run like:
>>>
>>> | time make -C src/bin/pg_upgrade check oldsrc=`pwd`/11 oldbindir=`pwd`/11/tmp_install/usr/local/pgsql/bin
>>
>> Per cfbot, this avoids testing ::xml (support for which may not be enabled)
>> And also now tests oid types.
>>
>> I think the per-version hacks should be grouped by logical change, rather than
>> by version. Which I've started doing here.
>
> rebased on 6df7a9698bb036610c1e8c6d375e1be38cb26d5f
I think these patches could use some in-place documentation of what they
are trying to achieve and how they do it. The required information is
spread over a lengthy thread. No one wants to read that. Add commit
messages to the patches.
