On 12/30/2017 10:45 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <andrew.duns...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >> As for out-dating, if we used DBD::PgPP we'd not be not in great danger >> there - it doesn't appear to have changed for many years - latest >> version is dated 2010. If we were to use it we'd have a dependency on >> DBI, but that in itself doesn't seem a great burden. > [ blowing the dust off my old red fedora... ] Actually, there's a > different problem with this proposal: you can bet that DBD::Pg has got a > build dependency on Postgres. If Postgres starts to depend on DBD::Pg > then we've created circular-dependency hell for packagers.
The Pure Perl driver has no such dependency, since it doesn't require libpq. But ... > I much prefer the other line of thought about doing whatever we need > to do to make psql workable for the desired type of tests. ... agreed ... > Or just > write a bespoke testing tool. > > ... that's pretty much where we came in. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
