Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness
Date: 2015-10-03 05:56:31
Message-ID: CAB7nPqTWVS47+wNYn6O0vafKCdSucMNV-xOVZdmU+FPpUV6E+Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> I wrote:
> > Here's a rewritten patch that looks at postmaster.pid instead of
> > pg_control. It should be effectively the same as the prior patch in
> terms
> > of response to directory-removal cases, and it should also catch many
> > overwrite cases.
>
> BTW, my thought at the moment is to wait till after next week's releases
> to push this in. I think it's probably solid, but it doesn't seem like
> it's worth taking the risk of pushing shortly before a wrap date.
>

That seems a wiser approach to me. Down to which version are you planning a
backpatch? As this is aimed for the buildfarm stability with TAP stuff, 9.4?
--
Michael

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