Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Strengthen warnings about using pg_dump's -i option.

Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
>>> Strengthen warnings about using pg_dump's -i option.
>>
>> The proposed TODO item was not about doing this, it was about removing
>> the option altogether. AFAICS it's a foot-gun and nothing else --- why
>> do we have it?

> I thought the simple fix was to just have a better warning and see how
> that works in practice. There was some concern from people about
> removing it without more feedback/warning. I am happy to remove it.

My proposal would be to continue to accept the option but just ignore it
(ie, error out on version mismatch whether or not -i is given). This
way we wouldn't break any scripts that use the option, but things would
still be safe.

regards, tom lane