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[Igor Babaev <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/15/2010 04:45 AM, Philip Stoev wrote:
> Igor,
>
> As you have noticed I have started filing bugs that require 4-5
> tables, self joins, etc. to show up. I continue running the same tests
> as before, it is just that the 2-table bugs have all been fixed by now.
>
> While I do consider 4-5 table bugs to still be valid, since they all
> use default join cache sizes, we need to discuss and decide how much I
> am going to test and how much is going to be fixed before 5.3 is
> considered stable.
>
> Here is my suggestion:
> - I will continue to run the same full grammars and file the bugs
> regardless of how many tables are required to reproduce, always trying
> to find the smallest reproducible test case;
> - Crashes involving up to 5 tables are to be fixed;
> - Wrong result bugs involving up to 4 tables are to be fixed.
> - outer join + join_cache bugs are acceptable since I assume that the
> outer_join_with_cache option will be ON in the final release;
> - wrong result bugs requiring a very small join_cache_buffer value can
> be (temporarily) fixed by increasing the minimum join_cache_buffer
> allowed;
> - all join cache levels are acceptable targets for testing unless you
> plan to disallow certain levels altogether;
>
> If you think otherwise, please suggest an alternative plan. Otherwise
> I assume you agree with the above.

This plan sounds good for me.

Regards,
Igor.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Philip Stoev