Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove pgbench "progress" test pending solution of its timing is (fwd)

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove pgbench "progress" test pending solution of its timing is (fwd)
Date: 2020-04-08 12:58:14
Message-ID: 5553a602-50b4-d2fa-63ed-aa39d7f0c06a@pgmasters.net
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On 3/28/20 5:27 AM, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
> Hello Tom,
>
> Thanks for your feedback,
>
>>> I'd be rather unclear about what the actual feedback is, though. I'd
>>> interpret it as "pg does not care much about code coverage". Most
>>> clients
>>> are in the red on coverage.postgresql.org. I'd like pgbench at least
>>> to be
>>> in the green, but it does not look that it will ever be the case.
>
>> The reason why the first iteration failed was that it was insufficiently
>> insensitive to timing.

This patch has been marked Returned with Feedback.

If the TAP tests could be made to work without the special exceptions
added to pgbench.c I think this patch would have a better chance.

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

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