Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2022 11:49:45 -0600
From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Refactoring the regression tests for more independence
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On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 05:00:17PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> While I've not done so here, I'm tempted to rename
> create_function_0 to create_function_c and create_function_3 to
> create_function_sql, to give them better-defined charters and
> eliminate the confusion with trailing digits for variant files.

+1

> (Maybe we should provide a way to run specified test script(s) *without*
> invoking the whole schedule first.)

+1 ; it can be done later, though.

It's nice to be able to get feedback within a few seconds.  That supports the 
idea of writing tests earlier.

I guess this may expose some instabilities due to timing of autovacuum (which
I'd say is a good thing).

If you rearrange the creation of objects, that may provide an opportunity to
rename some tables with too-short names, since backpatching would already have
conflicts.

-- 
Justin