Re: [HACKERS] TAP backpatching policy

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> My main concern is how widely is the buildfarm going to test the new
> test frameworks.  If we backpatch PostgresNode-based tests to 9.2, are
> buildfarm animals going to need to be reconfigured to use
> --enable-tap-tests?

Yes.  The animals that are doing it at all are using code more or less
like this:

if ($branch eq 'HEAD' or $branch ge 'REL9_4')
{   push(@{$conf{config_opts}},"--enable-tap-tests");
}

(verbatim from longfin's config script)

So maybe that's an argument for not going back before 9.4.  OTOH,
you may be giving the buildfarm owners too little credit for
willingness to update their configurations.
        regards, tom lane