Re: Direction for test frameworks: Perl TAP vs. Python/pytest

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)tigerdata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Direction for test frameworks: Perl TAP vs. Python/pytest
Date: 2026-06-17 22:11:02
Message-ID: CAOYmi+m-p8ie7NR53QvfeuT9wW-2Xer251+yWWD6a5u+6N8yAA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> > If you think Test::Session is good to go, I see no reason not to
> > improve the Perl tests (since there seems to be a growing consensus
> > that the conversion won't happen overnight).
>
> There's a fairly high amount of friction here, though. If we didn't plan
> to replace the perl tests it would be worth it, but I'm not sure it's
> worth it if we are.

Ah, I didn't realize that. In that case you're probably right
(especially if the opportunity cost is time helping with the Python
port).

--Jacob

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