Re: pg_upgrade test for binary compatibility of core data types

On 11/17/21 02:01, Michael Paquier wrote:
>
> The oldest version tested by the buildfarm is 9.2, so we could ignore
> this part I guess?
>
> Andrew, what do you think about this part?  Based on my read of this
> thread, there is an agreement that this approach makes the buildfarm
> code more manageable so as committers would not need to patch the
> buildfarm code if their test fail.  I agree with this conclusion, but
> I wanted to double-check with you first.  This would need a backpatch
> down to 10 so as we could clean up a maximum of code in
> TestUpgradeXversion.pm without waiting for an extra 5 years.  Please
> note that I am fine to send a patch for the buildfarm client.
>
>

In general I'm in agreement with the direction here. If we can have a
script that applies to back branches to make them suitable for upgrade
testing instead of embedding this in the buildfarm client, so much the
better.


cheers


andrew

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