Re: Synchronize with imath upstream

On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 10:12:05AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> writes:
> > On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 10:15:24AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I don't object to keeping imported code in a form that matches upstream
> >> as best we can. (Should we also exclude such files from pgindent'ing?)
>
> > I think it depends on how much time one spends merging upstream changes versus
> > making PostgreSQL-specific edits. For IMath, both amounts are too small to
> > get excited about. Does pgindent materially complicate src/timezone merges?
>
> My practice with src/timezone is to pgindent the upstream code and then
> diff it; given that extra step, it's not really any more complex (and
> maybe less so, as this hides minor whitespace changes for instance).

Let's continue to pgindent src/timezone and IMath, then.

> There are some other deltas to worry about as well, see
> src/timezone/README.
>
> I have no particular opinion on whether pgindent should be part of the
> mix for imath, but I do strongly recommend setting up and documenting a
> reproducible import process, as I did for src/timezone.

Good idea. I've modified the imath.c header comment to take the form of an
import process; see attached imath1.29-pgedits-v2.patch.