RE: beta5 ...

<p><font size="2">Would there be any value in setting up a project on sourceforge to make use of their compile farm?  I
knowthat it doesn't cover all platforms, but it would perhaps be a start to mechanical compile and regression
testing.</font><p><fontsize="2">Just a thought...</font><br /><p><font size="2">MikeA</font><br /><br /><p><font
size="2">-----OriginalMessage-----</font><br /><font size="2">From: Tom Lane [<a
href="mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</a>]</font><br/><font size="2">Sent: 20 February 2001
15:51</font><br/><font size="2">To: Justin Clift</font><br /><font size="2">Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org</font><br
/><fontsize="2">Subject: Re: [HACKERS] beta5 ... </font><br /><p><font size="2">>> As a matter of curiosity, is
eachbeta compiled and then regression</font><br /><font size="2">>> tested against *every* one of the known
"supported"platforms before</font><br /><font size="2">>> release?</font><p><font size="2">Who are you expecting
todo that, exactly?</font><p><font size="2">One of the differences between Postgres and a proprietary commercial
</font><br/><font size="2">database is that there is no vast support machinery behind the scenes.</font><br /><font
size="2">Whatyou see going on on this list is what you get: beta testing</font><br /><font size="2">consists of the
activitiesperformed and reported by list members.</font><p><font size="2">Normally, if we are about to push out a beta
thentwo or three people</font><br /><font size="2">will double-check that the current CVS tip builds and passes
regression</font><br/><font size="2">on their personal machines.  But the "supported platforms" coverage</font><br
/><fontsize="2">depicted in the docs consists of all the platforms that are reported to</font><br /><font size="2">us
asworking during the entire beta test period, including many that</font><br /><font size="2">the key developers have no
directaccess to.  There's no way that we</font><br /><font size="2">could reverse the process and cause that to happen
beforea beta release</font><br /><font size="2">instead of after; certainly no way that we could cause all that
effort</font><br/><font size="2">to be repeated for each beta version.</font><p><font size="2">If you are using a beta
versionthen you are part of that testing</font><br /><font size="2">process, not a beneficiary of something that's
happenedbehind closed</font><br /><font size="2">doors.</font><p>                        <font size="2">regards, tom
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