Re: no test programs in contrib

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> From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Josh Berkus
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 5:48 AM
> To: Alvaro Herrera; Pg Hackers
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] no test programs in contrib
>
> On 11/24/2014 05:49 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > test_parser (a toy text search parser, added in 2007) dummy_seclabel
> > (for SECURITY LABEL regression testing, added Sept 2010) worker_spi
> > (for bgworkers, added Dec 2012) test_shm_mq (test program for shared
> > memory queues, added Jan 2014) test_decoding (test program for logical
> > decoding, added March 2014)
>
> So test_decoding is fairly useful for users demonstrating that decoding
> works, especially if they're also testing an external decoding module and
> are unsure of where their replication problem is located, or what's wrong
> with their HBA settings. For that reason it's important that test_decoding
> be available via OS packages, which would give me some reluctance to move
> it out of /contrib.
>
> dummy_seclabel might serve the same purpose for users who are having issues
> with SEPostgres etc. I don't know enough about it ...
> Stephen/Kaigai?
>
Its original purpose is to run regression test on the platform without
selinux. So, it does not intend to use the dummy_seclabel for something
useful except for regression test.

Thanks,
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NEC OSS Promotion Center / PG-Strom Project
KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>

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