| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: numeric/decimal docs bug? |
| Date: | 2002-04-12 22:23:51 |
| Message-ID: | 200204122223.g3CMNpf21976@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> You forgot who wrote that code originally. I feel alot
> better WITH the tests in place :-)
>
> And if it's merely to make sure the install worked, man who
> is doing source installations these days and runs the
> regression tests anyway? Most people throw in a RPM or the
> like, only a few serious users install from sources, and only
> a fistfull of them then runs regression.
>
> Aren't it mostly developers and distro-maintainers who use
> that directory? I think your entire point isn't just weak,
> IMNSVHO you don't really have a point.
It is my understanding that RPM does run that test. My main issue is
why does numeric have to be so much larger than the other tests? I have
not heard that explained.
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