Re: Two weeks to feature freeze

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jason Earl <jason(dot)earl(at)simplot(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Two weeks to feature freeze
Date: 2003-06-22 19:23:09
Message-ID: 3EF6021D.80400@Yahoo.com
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The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>> Designing tests is busywork. Desiging tests is boring. Nobody wants to
>> design tests, let alone interpret the results and define correct
>> baselines. But testing is very, very important.
>
> But we do do testing ... we even design testing (in the form of the
> regression tests) ... we just don't do testing that you personally approve
> of ... and, from what I've seen so far, you aren't willing to actually put
> *your* time where your mouth is ... design some tests and submit them to
> us ... if they are valid, they will get used ...
>
> If you feel that crash-me is a valid starting point, start there and see
> where it takes you ...

Not that fast! I didn't take the time to check but it wouldn't surprise
me if MySQL's crash-me is GPL'd and copyright MySQL AB. That's not an
optimal point to start PostgreSQL test code from, is it?

Jan

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