Re: Enabling Checksums

On 11/14/2012 03:06 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.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