Re: Future of our regular expression code

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> One immediate consequence of deciding that we are lead maintainers and
> not just consumers is that we should put in some regression tests,
> instead of taking the attitude that the Tcl guys are in charge of that.
> I have a head cold today and am not firing on enough cylinders to do
> anything actually complicated, so I was thinking of spending the
> afternoon transliterating the Tcl regex test cases into SQL as a
> starting point.

Having just had that brand of virus, I'd skip it and take the time
off, like I should have.

Translating the test cases is a great way in for a volunteer, so
please leave a few easy things to get people started on the road to
maintaining that.