Re: psql & regression (was: Error in new psql)

>     And  who  can  guarantee that this kind of flaw cannot happen
>     anywhere else?  There are many, very  old  regression  tests.
>     Some  of them go back to the roots, Postgres 4.2, and I'm not
>     sure anyone ever looked at the expected  results  lately,  if
>     they  are  really  what SHOULD be expected. The tenk data for
>     example is something where even I don't  know  where  it  was
>     coming from, and I already joined the Postgres community with
>     release 4.2 back in 1994.

Thomas is the regression man, and has checked the output to see that
it was expected in the past.  I assume he will regenerate it soon.

A good point is that he can use the old psql to see any changes/breakage
in the backend code, but can _not_ use the new psql to check because the
output is different.  That is a good point, and I think the one Jan was
making.


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