X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78B4D1D92C for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:43:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27829-10 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:43:04 -0400 (AST) Received: from flake.decibel.org (unknown [66.143.173.58]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A7E82D1D8B8 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:42:48 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail 89615 invoked by uid 1001); 25 Nov 2003 04:42:45 -0000 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:42:45 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: Andrew Dunstan , PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: Build farm Message-ID: <20031125044245.GB67015@nasby.net> References: <3FBB694A.3030908@dunslane.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE i386 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/1309 X-Sequence-Number: 47597 On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:34:27PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Hence the open-source community approach. Closed-source development teams > can do all the above, with great effort. But by throwing out the code and > have real people test them on real systems with real applications, you can > do much better. Would it be reasonable to promote users testing daily snapshots with popular applications? I'm guessing there's not many applications that have automated test frameworks, but any that do would theoretically provide another good test of PGSQL changes. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant jim@nasby.net Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"