| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Releasing in September |
| Date: | 2016-01-21 05:37:28 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqQ-dgTRc2E_AqQk5FxxfsWm_DhFnz=tc0qddvnXfZ6+vA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Michael Paquier
> <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Another tool that we had better IMO put some efforts in porting
>> into core is sqlsmith, which would actually be a complete rewrite
>> because the upstream code is under GPL license and depends on libpqxx.
>
> Then Andreas Seltenreich better get a commit bit. I've seen him turn
> around changes in sqlsmith to test new areas of Postgres in a couple
> of days. That's a big reason why he has been so effective.
>
> What benefit does porting sqlsmith for inclusion in core have? I can
> only think of costs, including those that you mentioned.
We have automatic buildfarm coverage on many platforms. Perhaps we
could live without that with a buildfarm module though.
--
Michael
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