contrib regression on old versions

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:

We only have a couple of buildfarm members reporting on versions older
than 7.4. Both are RedHat based systems, and both fail the contrib
regression suites.

I'm inclined to have write these off as not worth fixing, and inhibit
contrib regression tests for versions older than 7.4. in the next
release of the buildfarm code. And unless we want to fix them maybe we
should also say the same for 7.4.

I'm inclined to wonder why people want to run daily tests on dead
branches in the first place ;-)

I don't believe in having the code hide the failures, though.

regards, tom lane

Tom Lane wrote:

I'm inclined to wonder why people want to run daily tests on dead
branches in the first place ;-)

Unless you explicitly force it, buildfarm will not run a test unless
there is a change on the branch being tested. I am trying gently to
persuade the buildfarm owners not to use the force flags.

I don't believe in having the code hide the failures, though.

Ok.

cheers

andrew