Re: The real reason why TAP testing isn't ready for prime time

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The real reason why TAP testing isn't ready for prime time
Date: 2015-06-19 21:53:51
Message-ID: CAB7nPqSff7MQpf+PxDt+v6onwNpBQgi4iR9cXYx2n0w3NpgLDg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
>> On 2015-06-19 11:16:18 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>>> I wonder whether it's such a good idea for the postmaster to give
>>>> up waiting before all children are gone (postmaster.c:1722 in HEAD).
>
>>> I doubt it.
>
>> Seconded. It's pretty bad to possibly not be able to start again after
>> stopping it. I don't see the benefit in not waiting - sure, the
>> poastmaster exits faster, but postgres hasn't shut down at that point...
>
> Yeah. I'll see about fixing this. Hard to be sure if it will fix
> hamster's issue though.

I have re-enabled the TAP tests in hamster. What happens in the next
couple of days will be interesting to see.
--
Michael

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