Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Neil Tiffin <neilt(at)neiltiffin(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Josh Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Remove contrib entirely
Date: 2015-06-05 16:26:36
Message-ID: 20150605162636.GR133018@postgresql.org
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> It's also quite possible to test extensions in the buildfarm using an addon
> module, which is mostly boilerplate. Of course, that does require that
> you're running a buildfarm member. Here's the code for the module that tests
> the FileTextArray extension. <https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/client-code/blob/master/PGBuild/Modules/FileTextArrayFDW.pm>

I think important modules should all be tested and reported in the
buildfarm in this way. For instance, I think PostGIS should report
there as well, so that we know when we break it the moment we do.

> This and the RedisFDW are tested daily or more often, on machines I control.

Yeah, that's pretty neat.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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