Re: Re: Rewriting the test of pg_upgrade as a TAP test - take two

On 3/6/18 4:12 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> On 3/4/18 16:09, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> If you want to do this soon I can put out a Buildfarm Client release
>>> fairly quickly.
>
>> I think the dependency is mostly the other way around. How quickly
>> would build farm owners install the upgrade?
>
> IIUC, the buildfarm script patch is only needed to avoid duplicate
> tests. So owners need only install it if they want to reduce wasted
> cycles on their machines. That being the case, it's only urgent to
> the extent that the individual owner perceives it to be. Some might
> think it is so, so I'd like to see the BF release available before
> we push the TAP test ... but we don't have to wait very long between.

It seems the consensus is that we'll need a build farm update before we
can move forward with the patch and that we don't need to wait long for
people to upgrade.

Andrew, do you have a date for the next release?

Thanks,
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-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net