Re: pg_dump versus ancient server versions

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Subject: Re: pg_dump versus ancient server versions
Date: 2021-10-25 15:09:04
Message-ID: CA+TgmobzrGnGr9PYF-hYbDuayQg_eGq=JdgddqDp7d+4uzfm=Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:00 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Actually, I think we do. If I want to test against 7.4, ISTM I want
> to test against the last released 7.4 version, not something with
> arbitrary later changes. Otherwise, what exactly is the point?

1. You're free to check out any commit you like.

2. Nothing I said can reasonably be confused with "let's allow
arbitrary later changes."

> Uh, don't we have that already? I know you can configure a buildfarm
> animal to force a run at least every-so-often, but it's not required,
> and I don't think it's even the default.

Oh, OK. I wonder how that plays with the buildfarm status page's
desire to drop old results that are more than 30 days old. I guess
you'd just need to force a run at least every 28 days or something.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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