On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 17:45 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
I don't by any means disagree with the idea that testing packages
before
they go out is a good thing. What I have a problem with is the idea
that an "unfunded mandate" for that to happen is going to accomplish
much. A policy isn't worth the electrons it's written on unless you can
bring resources to make it happen, and so far the resources have failed
to materialize. Jawboning package maintainers is going to be an even
more spectacular failure, because they have much more than enough to do
already; and they're smart enough to know that turning them all into
individual ad-hoc test managers is an incredibly inefficient use of
their time.
Please remember the exact policy we have. There is still no absolute
requirement for testing for anything but critpath packages, which is a
fairly small number. All other packages can push updates without
testing; there's simply a short waiting period to do so.
While we're arguing theoreticals, don't forget the factuals. :)
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