Re: contrib regression on old versions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: contrib regression on old versions
Date: 2004-12-31 19:35:07
Message-ID: 11601.1104521707@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> We only have a couple of buildfarm members reporting on versions older
> than 7.4. Both are RedHat based systems, and both fail the contrib
> regression suites.

> I'm inclined to have write these off as not worth fixing, and inhibit
> contrib regression tests for versions older than 7.4. in the next
> release of the buildfarm code. And unless we want to fix them maybe we
> should also say the same for 7.4.

I'm inclined to wonder why people want to run daily tests on dead
branches in the first place ;-)

I don't believe in having the code hide the failures, though.

regards, tom lane

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