Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:41:07 +0100
From: Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr@dalibo.com>
To: Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: missing perl test modules in postgresqlXX-devel ?
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:53:40 +0800
Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@enterprisedb.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 6:50 PM Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr@dalibo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I am currently writing TAP tests for check_pgactivity and rely on
> > PostgresNode
> > and friends to write and run them. They are very valuable and saves a lot
> > of
> > time.
> >  
> 
> I'm really glad. I have put a fair bit of effort into getting the test
> infra installed as part of "make install" so it gets packaged.

Then, I have to thank you very much :)

> Next I need to push for consistent -test packages for rpms and debs that
> bundle the actual test .sql, .out, .spec, and t/*.pl files needed to
> actually run the tests on the installed postgres. This is exceedingly
> useful when validating the behaviour of extensions.

Indeed.

Thank you for this effort!