Re: In-core regression tests for replication, cascading, archiving, PITR, etc.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 08:19:39PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> So I am planning to seriously focus soon on this stuff, basically
>> using the TAP tests as base infrastructure for this regression test
>> suite. First, does using the TAP tests sound fine?
>
> Yes.

Check.

>> On the top of my mind I got the following items that should be tested:
>> - WAL replay: from archive, from stream
>> - hot standby and read-only queries
>> - node promotion
>> - recovery targets and their interferences when multiple targets are
>> specified (XID, name, timestamp, immediate)
>> - timelines
>> - recovery_target_action
>> - recovery_min_apply_delay (check that WAL is fetch from a source at
>> some correct interval, can use a special restore_command for that)
>> - archive_cleanup_command (check that command is kicked at each restart point)
>> - recovery_end_command (check that command is kicked at the end of recovery)
>> - timeline jump of a standby after reconnecting to a promoted node
>
> Those sound good.  The TAP suites still lack support for any Windows target.
> If you're inclined to fix that, it would be a great contribution.  The more we
> accrue tests before doing that, the harder it will be to dig out.

Yeah, that's already on my TODO list.
-- 
Michael