| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Future of our regular expression code |
| Date: | 2012-02-18 20:04:53 |
| Message-ID: | CA+U5nMJu2UOsWXG3BGcw8q0xkPyS7OcjRMrkvCfY4pNca7O95w@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> One immediate consequence of deciding that we are lead maintainers and
> not just consumers is that we should put in some regression tests,
> instead of taking the attitude that the Tcl guys are in charge of that.
> I have a head cold today and am not firing on enough cylinders to do
> anything actually complicated, so I was thinking of spending the
> afternoon transliterating the Tcl regex test cases into SQL as a
> starting point.
Having just had that brand of virus, I'd skip it and take the time
off, like I should have.
Translating the test cases is a great way in for a volunteer, so
please leave a few easy things to get people started on the road to
maintaining that.
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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