Re: pg_basebackup wish list

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Maybe I failed to parse his proposal. It's helpful if you elaborate it.
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As per mail [1], it seems the proposal is not to use .tar for -Z 0.
Now here actually we are on the fence, one can argue that if user
doesn't want compression, he or she can use -F p (plain format).
OTOH, without compression getting the backup as a single .tar file
makes it simple to manage. I think there is some value in providing
.tar for -Z 0, however in that case how should we define usage of -F p
-Z 0? Shall we say with plain format -Z 0 gets ignored or throw error
or do something else? If first, then I think it is better to mention
the same in docs.

[1] - https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAMkU%3D1zzj0et2x9fCqxMGJ6XP-FtMSUwtNQGwF01698FRWQ6uA%40mail.gmail.com
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