Re: multi-platform, multi-locale regression tests

On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> One possible way out is not to include these tests in the main test set
> and instead require manual invocation.
>
> Better ideas?

I've been talking to Nasby and Dunstan about adding a Test::More/pgTAP-based test suite to the core. It wouldn't run
withthe usual core suite used by developers, which would continue to use pg_regress. But they could run it if they
wanted(and had the prerequisites), and the build farm animals would run them regularly. 

The nice thing about using a TAP-based framework is that you can skip tests that don't meet platform requirements, and
comparevalues within the tests, right where you write them, rather than in a separate file. You can also dynamically
changehow you compare things depending on the environment, such as the locales that vary on different platforms. 

Thoughts?

Best,

David