| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Changing pg_dump default file format |
| Date: | 2013-11-07 16:26:43 |
| Message-ID: | 22838.1383841603@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> I humbly request on behalf of those who manage production postgresql
>> instances that we change the default backup file format from -Fp to -Fc.
> I'm a bit worried about it breaking peoples scripts as well, if they
> pipe the output.
Whether they pipe the output or not, this will break people's scripts.
I agree it's a legacy behavior that we wouldn't choose again, but you
could say that about an awful lot of things including much of the SQL
standard. I think it's too late to consider this now.
regards, tom lane
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