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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Build farm
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:47:48 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> writes:
> Andrew Dunstan writes:
>> Maybe it wouldn't be of great value to PostgreSQL. And maybe it would. I
>> have an open mind about it. I don't think incompleteness is an argument
>> against it, though.

> If you want to do it, by all means go for it.  I'm sure it would give
> everyone a fuzzy feeling to see the green lights everywhere.  But
> realistically, don't expect any significant practical benefits, such
> cutting beta time by 10%.

I think the main value of a build farm is that we'd get nearly immediate
feedback about the majority of simple porting problems.  Your previous
arguments that it wouldn't smoke everything out are certainly valid ---
but we wouldn't abandon the regression tests just because they don't
find everything.  Immediate feedback is good because a patch can be
fixed while it's still fresh in the author's mind.

I'm for it ...

			regards, tom lane

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