Cleanup proposal: Is the "sql-bench" subtree still useful in binary packages?

[Joerg Bruehe]

Hi everybody!


In the context of a cleanup in our build scripts, especially the "spec"
files for RPMs, I have come across the "sql-bench" subtree.


Until MySQL version 5.0, it was possible to do
    configure ... --without-bench ...
and to exclude that subtree from binary packages, and this was used in
many configurations.


In version 5.1, this option was removed, and "sql-bench" is now always
mentioned in "Makefile.am". An associated comment from a changeset done
on 2009-Nov-29 by Mr. Widenius reads
    Added back sql-bench directory, so that one can more easily run
    benchmarks on a server and add new benchmarks for new optimizations

However, "sql-bench" was not changed, its "README" still says
    These tests require a MySQL version of at least 3.20.28 or 3.21.10.
    Currently the following servers are supported:
    MySQL 3.20 and 3.21, PostgreSQL 6.#, mSQL 2.# and Solid Server 2.2
From checking the Bazaar history, I cannot see any recent contents
change in that subtree - just maintenance of license text (GPL v2) or
Perl path.


As this benchmark and system comparison part hasn't really been updated
for quite some time, I guess it may be obsolete for all users of current
versions:
1) I would like to re-introduce that configure option "--without-bench".
2) I propose to use it when building any binary package, because the
   reference data in that subtree are just old.

This does not mean to remove it from sources, just from binaries.

I would like to get your comments about this.


TIA,
Jörg

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