On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 09:59:14PM +0000, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 10:13:05PM +0000, Christopher Browne wrote:
> >   
> That would be super.

I'll give it a whack vs. 8.1.4/FC5/Intel and 8.1.4/OSX 10.4/PowerPC
this evening, time permitting.

> It has come up, mostly on IRC...
> 
> I suppose there's a certain amount of merit to getting Slony-I to
> compile on a bunch of platforms.
> 
> The trouble is that you really need to run some tests, too, and it's
> remarkably challenging to write good automatable tests.

It is, but it's downright impossible if there's no framework for them
to live in.  Right now, a "smoke test" that established whether the
code can compile on a bunch of different Pg version/OS/CPU
combinations would be a long way in the right direction. :)

Cheers,
D
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