Re: TAP test module - PostgresClient

Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Another option might be to teach the TAP infrastructure and the buildfarm
> client how to fetch cpanminus and build DBD::Pg against our build-tree, so
> we could use Perl DBI.

As a buildfarm owner, I'd take a *really* dim view of the buildfarm
trying to auto-fetch code off the internet.  As a developer, the
idea that "make check-world" would try to do that is even scarier.
Buildfarm owners are likely to have taken at least some steps to
sandbox their builds, but developers not so much.

I do not think we should even think about going there.

Your thoughts about making psql have some more automation-friendly
output formats seem worth pursuing though.

            regards, tom lane