Re: Remove pg_dump -i option (was Re: Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable)

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Neil Conway" <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, "Gregory Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Remove pg_dump -i option (was Re: Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable)
Date: 2008-02-05 16:18:29
Message-ID: 937d27e10802050818n6cc3a017qec047200f3a994ed@mail.gmail.com
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On Feb 5, 2008 3:27 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:02:03AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > I would be satisfied with that if I thought people would actually read
> > > the message. My complaint is really directed at certain admin packages
> > > (and they know who they are) that invoke pg_dump *by default*, behind
> > > the user's back, with -i.
> >
> > Oh? That isn't good.
>
> Right. Dave - why do we do that? ;-)

I didn't realise we did until Tom mentioned it - I didn't write that code.

Please go ahead and remove the -i - it's not like users cannot cannot
specify which set of pg utilities to use if they need a specific
version.

/D

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