Re: PostgreSQL unit tests

Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> During Josh Berkus' presentation at the JPUG PostgreSQL Conference, I
> was particularly struck by the fact that 8.1 had a shorter beta period
> than previous releases, rolled out on time, and enjoyed a longer period
> before the first post-release bug was reported. The PostgreSQL Build
> Farm played a key role in making these possible. (Thanks again, Andrew!)
>
> Something that has been briefly discussed in the past wrt PostgreSQL has
> been unit testing to complement the current regression tests. I've taken
> a very quick google to see what's out there for C unit testing
> frameworks. The ones I found are:
>
> Check (GPL)
> GNU Autounit (GPL)
> CuTest (GPL? zlib/libpng?)
> CUnit (GPL)

I do not know the scope of current testing, but I think the testing
should probably also including collecting and monitoring performance
metrics. This might be a thing to keep in mind when choosing a
particular unit testing framework.

regards,
Lukas