> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Josh Berkus > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 5:48 AM > To: Alvaro Herrera; Pg Hackers > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] no test programs in contrib > > On 11/24/2014 05:49 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > test_parser (a toy text search parser, added in 2007) dummy_seclabel > > (for SECURITY LABEL regression testing, added Sept 2010) worker_spi > > (for bgworkers, added Dec 2012) test_shm_mq (test program for shared > > memory queues, added Jan 2014) test_decoding (test program for logical > > decoding, added March 2014) > > So test_decoding is fairly useful for users demonstrating that decoding > works, especially if they're also testing an external decoding module and > are unsure of where their replication problem is located, or what's wrong > with their HBA settings. For that reason it's important that test_decoding > be available via OS packages, which would give me some reluctance to move > it out of /contrib. > > dummy_seclabel might serve the same purpose for users who are having issues > with SEPostgres etc. I don't know enough about it ... > Stephen/Kaigai? > Its original purpose is to run regression test on the platform without selinux. So, it does not intend to use the dummy_seclabel for something useful except for regression test.
Thanks, -- NEC OSS Promotion Center / PG-Strom Project KaiGai Kohei <kai...@ak.jp.nec.com> > -- > Josh Berkus > PostgreSQL Experts Inc. > http://pgexperts.com > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers