Re: One less footgun: removing pg_dump -d

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)endpoint(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: One less footgun: removing pg_dump -d
Date: 2009-03-09 20:02:54
Message-ID: 49B575EE.7090805@endpoint.com
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>> -i, --ignore-version proceed even when server version mismatches
>> pg_dump version
>
> Proposal: drop the short forms of these two switches entirely.
> Anybody who actually needs the capability can write "--inserts".

I thought about something like that, but that would break even more existing
scripts than the current patch, no? I'd be all for not using -I though, as that
would not break anything.

Sorry about the "deprecation" name, I withdraw that part

Magnus: Sorry about non-mergeability, I wrote this while offline...

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)endpoint(dot)com
End Point Corporation
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