Re: Changing pg_dump default file format

On 11/07/2013 06:33 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> On 11/07/2013 12:42 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
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>> All,
>>
>> I'm amused at how this has become a "let's pile on everything which has
>> ever been missing in pg_dump into one thread".
>
> Well it has been broken longer than most of our utilities. Sorry...
> not broken but certainly not complete. It is to be expected.
>
>>
>> Agree with Tom that if we're going to create a new program name, we
>> should fix the pg_dumpall issue as well.
>>
>
> All I want to start is this simple fix. I don't know who is going to
> step up to work on pg_dump/all considering it is the bastard step
> child of the project. We only work on it when we absolutely have to
> (and CMD is just as guilty as the rest).
>
>

What you're asking for isn't a simple fix. Calling it one doesn't make
it so.

cheers

andrew