Re: Draft release notes complete

Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-09-09T18:58:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Expose track_iotiming information via pg_stat_statements.

  2. Rewrite GiST support code for rangetypes.

  3. Clean up a couple of box gist helper functions.

  4. Replace the "New Linear" GiST split algorithm for boxes and points with a

On 09/07/2012 06:50 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> On 09/07/2012 09:57 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> A complete run of this process takes less than 15 minutes. And as I have
>>> pointed out elsewhere that could be reduced substantially by skipping
>>> certain steps. It's as simple as changing the command line in the
>>> crontab
>>> entry.
>> Is it possible to run it only when the *docs* have changed, and not
>> when it's just a code-commit? meaning, is the detection smart enough
>> for that?
>>
>>
> 
> 
> There is a filter mechanism used in detecting is a run is needed, and in
> modern versions of the client (Release 4.7, one version later than
> guaibasaurus is currently using) it lets you have both include and
> exclude filters. For example, you could have this config setting:
> 
>     trigger_include => qr(/doc/src/),
> 
> and it would then only match changed files in the docs tree.
> 
> It's a global mechanism, not per step. So it will run all the steps
> (other than those you have told it to skip) if it finds any files
> changed that match the filter conditions.
> 
> If you do that you would probably want to have two animals, one doing
> docs builds only and running frequently, one doing the dist stuff much
> less frequently.

hmm that might work, but it will only be a bandaid for what people
really seem to advocate for ie "commit triggered" docs builds?


Stefan