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Re: Reducing the runtime of the core regression tests

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

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From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-04-11T00:08:55Z
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 4:56 PM Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:
> The original fastpath tests don't seem particularly effective to me,
> even without the oversight I mentioned. I suggest that you remove
> them, since the minimal btree_index.sql fast path test is sufficient.

To be clear: I propose that you remove the tests entirely, and we
leave it at that. I don't intend to follow up with my own patch
because I don't think that there is anything in the original test case
that is worth salvaging.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan

Commits

  1. Re-order some regression test scripts for more parallelism.

  2. Speed up sort-order-comparison tests in create_index_spgist.

  3. Split up a couple of long-running regression test scripts.

  4. Move plpgsql error-trapping tests to a new module-specific test file.

  5. Remove duplicative polygon SP-GiST sequencing test.

  6. Remove redundant and ineffective test for btree insertion fast path.

  7. Adjustments to the btree fastpath optimization.

  8. Increase timeout in statement_timeout test from 1 second to 2 seconds.