Re: multi-platform, multi-locale regression tests

On 11/10/2010 05:06 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Marti Raudsepp<marti(at)juffo(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you could use pgTAP with dblink to do the same? :)
>
> I had never read through the docs for dblink until you posted this.
> In fact, it appears that some testing of proper SSI behavior can be
> added to standard regression tests with dblink (without needing
> pgTAP) if there is some way to allow a contrib module like that to
> be used. Would I have to add the SSI tests to the dblink regression
> tests, or is there some more graceful way that might be made to
> work?
>
> I don't think this would be a sane way to *replace* the dcheck
> tests, but it might be a way to work *some* testing of SSI into a
> more frequently run test set.

We already use some contrib stuff in the regression tests. (It really is
time we stopped calling it contrib.)

cheers

andrew