From: | Torsten Zuehlsdorff <mailinglists(at)toco-domains(dot)de> |
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To: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, nw+pg(at)hydaspes(dot)if(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: September 2015 Commitfest |
Date: | 2015-11-05 13:18:10 |
Message-ID: | 563B5712.8090708@toco-domains.de |
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On 05.11.2015 13:49, Craig Ringer wrote:
>> I believe that we need to lower the barrier for testing.
>
> While I agree, I'd also like to note that formulaic testing is often
> of limited utility. Good testing still requires a significant
> investment of time and effort to understand the changes made by a
> patch, which areas need focused attention, think about corner cases,
> etc.
Yes, you are right. But a limited test is better than no test at all.
But of course not enough.
For me it is easy to check comments or sql commands, but not the c code.
But with lower barriers it would be easier to test 2 of the 3 mentioned
items. At the moment its often none, because its hard.
> "make check passes" doesn't really tell anyone that much.
>
>> I could even imagine to set up an open for everyone test-instance of HEAD
>> where users are allowed to test like the wanted. Than the barrier is reduced
>> to "connect to PostgreSQL and execute SQL".
>
> Gee, that'd be fun to host ;)
>
> More seriously, it's not HEAD that's of that much interest, it's HEAD
> + [some patch or set of patches].
>
> There are systems that can pull in patchsets, build a project, and run
> it. But for something like PostgreSQL it'd be pretty hard to offer
> wide public access, given the trivial potential for abuse.
Yes, but i would do this. Creating a FreeBSD Jail which is reset
regularly is no great deal and very secure. My bigger problem is the
lack of IPv4 addresses. At the moment i am limited to IPv6 only hosts.
Greetings,
Torsten
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