Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: update files for beta3

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: update files for beta3
Date: 2007-11-16 18:14:12
Message-ID: 473DDDF4.3020700@postgresql.org
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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> - --On Friday, November 16, 2007 18:00:26 +0000 Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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>> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>> Maybe the BF members could just run their default autoconf as part of the
>>>> build if they have one.
>>> you lost me on that one ... Tom is hestitant about moving to 6.1 because we
>>> don't know what the fall out will be ... since I imagine the fallout would
>>> be in the configure/build stage, if we modified CVS to have a 6.1 configure
>>> script in place, wouldn't the buildfarm servers not be a good means to test
>>> *if* there is any fallout?
>> If the first thing some of them do is re-run autoconf, then we should get
>> test results for a variety of versions as found on various distros. We would
>> then be able to tell which versions may or may not work which could help us
>> when we need to upgrade, or if someone has problems with a specific version
>> when hacking (which should be rare I appreciate).
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> Ah, okay, you are going for the 'remove pre-built configure from cvs' route ..
> that works too, and does make sense ... wouldn't definitely make sure we get
> broad coverage ...

No, I wouldn't remove it - leave it there for some BF members, but have
others regenerate it just for test purposes.

/D

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