Re: Re: AW: Re: GiST for 7.1 !!

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: AW: Re: GiST for 7.1 !!
Date: 2001-01-12 16:29:29
Message-ID: 3A5F30E9.25C5D696@alumni.caltech.edu
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> An optional test is like no test at all. No one runs optional tests. If
> the test is supposed to work then it should be mainstream. If the test
> might not work then you better go back and figure out what you're testing.
> If the test might not *compile* (which is probably the more severe problem
> that people are concerned about) then this idea won't help that at all
> unless you want to rework the regression test driver framework as well.

I agree completely. This is just a transition phase to get GiST into the
mainstream.

- Thomas

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