Subject: Re: pg_upgrade test for binary compatibility of core data types
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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 14:41:23 -0400
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On 9/11/21 8:51 PM, Justin Pryzby wrote:
>
> @Andrew: did you have any comment on this part ?
>
> |Subject: buildfarm xversion diff
> |Forking https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210328231433.GI15100@telsasoft.com
> |
> |I gave suggestion how to reduce the "lines of diff" metric almost to nothing,
> |allowing a very small "fudge factor", and which I think makes this a pretty
> |good metric rather than a passable one.
>

Somehow I missed that. Looks like some good suggestions. I'll
experiment. (Note: we can't assume the presence of sed, especially on
Windows).


cheers


andrew

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