Re: Postgres perl module namespace

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres perl module namespace
Date: 2022-04-18 18:07:43
Message-ID: 2364418.1650305263@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> No, I think we could probably just port the whole of src/test/PostreSQL
> back if required, and have it live alongside the old modules. Each TAP
> test is a separate miracle - see comments elsewhere about port
> assignment in parallel TAP tests.
> But that would mean we have some tests in the old flavor and some in the
> new flavor in the back branches, which might get confusing.

That works for back-patching entire new test scripts, but not for adding
some cases to an existing script, which I think is more common.

regards, tom lane

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