Re: directory archive format for pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
Cc: Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: directory archive format for pg_dump
Date: 2010-11-19 22:53:03
Message-ID: 17836.1290207183@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> writes:
> I think I'd like to see a separate patch for the new compression
> support. Sorry about that, I realize that's extra work

That part of the patch is likely to get rejected outright anyway,
so I *strongly* recommend splitting it out. We have generally resisted
adding random compression algorithms to pg_dump because of license and
patent considerations, and I see no reason to suppose this one is going
to pass muster.

regards, tom lane

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