Re: Regression tests vs existing users in an installation

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regression tests vs existing users in an installation
Date: 2016-07-18 01:37:58
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZf-TodYQJz91bLm8WLsEefNhdJJfM1wn+AnYehadDwoA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I'm coming to the conclusion that the only thing that will make this
> materially better in the long run is automatic enforcement of a convention
> about what role names may be created in the regression tests. See my
> response to Stephen just now for a concrete proposal.

We could also do this by loading a C module during the regression
tests, which seems maybe less ugly than adding a GUC.

I don't particularly like your suggestion of spooky action at a
distance between force_parallel_mode and regression_test_mode. That
just seems kooky.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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