X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4BA29FA7B6 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 00:26:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16028-04 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 00:26:15 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BAD39FA506 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 00:26:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k613Q6Fa018710; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:26:06 -0400 (EDT) To: "Jim C. Nasby" cc: David Fetter , Scott Marlowe , Jason McManus , pgsql general Subject: Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL In-reply-to: <20060701001331.GR17241@pervasive.com> References: <1151680333.13129.55.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <24350.1151681944@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20060630173037.GC7035@fetter.org> <25395.1151689313@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20060630180119.GD7035@fetter.org> <20060701001331.GR17241@pervasive.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Jim C. Nasby" message dated "Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:13:31 -0500" Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:26:06 -0400 Message-ID: <18709.1151724366@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200607/1 X-Sequence-Number: 97625 "Jim C. Nasby" writes: > Is there actually a lack of ideas for our regression tests, or a lack of > people/motivation to work on them? Certainly there are plenty of ideas in the archives ... but writing regression tests is so *boring* :-(. This is definitely a weak spot for a mostly-volunteer project --- it's hard to get anyone to do that kind of work. Something that would actually hold some intellectual interest is to improve the testing infrastructure. The current setup is pretty limited as to its ability to deal with varying outputs, and even more limited in its ability to test concurrent behavior. Again, see the archives. regards, tom lane