On 2016-05-06 18:36:52 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Andres Freund wrote: > > > On 2016-05-06 14:17:13 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > How do I test? > > > > > > Is there a script I can run? > > > > Unfortunately there's few interesting things to test with pre-made > > scripts. There's no relevant OS dependency here, so each already > > existing test doesn't really lead to significantly increased coverage > > being run by other people. Generally, when testing for correctness > > issues, it's often of limited benefit to run tests written by the author > > of reviewer - such scripts will usually just test things either has > > thought of. The dangerous areas are the ones neither author or reviewer > > has considered. > > We touched this question in connection with multixact freezing and > wraparound. Testers seem to want to be given a script that they can > install and run, then go for a beer and get back to a bunch of errors to > report. But it doesn't work that way; writing a useful test script > requires a lot of effort.
Right. And once written, often enough running it on a lot more instances only marginally increases the coverage. > Jeff Janes has done astounding work in these matters. (I don't think > we credit him enough for that.) +many. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers