Re: Two weeks to feature freeze

See my recent commit of src/tools/pgtest. It might be a good start.

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Gavin Sherry wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> > The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Kevin Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > > So...would it make sense to create a gborg project to which people who
> > > > have written their own test suites can contribute whatever code and data
> > > > they feel comfortable releasing? As a gborg project, it would be
> > > > separate from the main PG distribution and would thus have no impact on
> > > > the build process or anything like that. But at the same time, if there
> > > > are any ideas on testing that people have had, they could be shared with
> > > > others through that mechanism.
> > > >
> > > > And any tests which prove to be particularly useful could make their way
> > > > into the PG distribution if people here wish.
> > > >
> > > > Of course, like anything else this could be a bad (or perhaps redundant)
> > > > idea. :-)
> > >
> > > It doesn't sound like a bad idea ... but, it pretty much comes down to the
> > > original thread: are you willing to step up and maintain such a project?
> >
> > Yes, I am ("how hard can it be?", he asks himself, knowing all the
> > while that it's a really bad idea to be asking that question. :-).
> > But I haven't the faintest idea of how or where to even start, so
> > pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Create/modify a script to automate some kind of download/sync, test and
> send failure results somewhere. Make it extensible, so that other tests
> can be easily added -- preferable in a self contained way. It should grow
> from there.
>
> Gavin
>
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