Re: Enabling Checksums

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Enabling Checksums
Date: 2012-11-14 20:21:29
Message-ID: 50A3FD49.2020405@dunslane.net
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On 11/14/2012 03:06 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> Regarding checksums, I can add an option for the initdb that the
>> buildfarm script runs. We already run different tests for different
>> encodings. Of course, constant expanding like this won't scale, so we
>> need to pick the options we want to exrecise carefully.
> I thought the whole point of the buildfarm was to provide a scalable way
> of exercising different combinations of options that individual
> developers couldn't practically test. We might need a little more
> coordination among buildfarm owners to ensure we get full coverage,
> of course.
>
>

Yes, true. So lets' wait and see how the checksums thing works out and
then we can tackle the buildfarm end. At any rate, I don't think the
buildfarm is a reason not to have this as an initdb setting.

cheers

andrew

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