Re: [GENERAL] pg_upgrade -u

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Ray Stell <stellr(at)vt(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_upgrade -u
Date: 2013-05-29 04:08:03
Message-ID: 51A57F23.4060208@commandprompt.com
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On 05/28/2013 07:55 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>> Perhaps just documenting the behavior is all that is needed, but -U is
>> everywhere and I think that's a good thing.
>
> [ moved to hacker ]
>
> Wow, I never realized other tools used -U for user, instead of -u.
> Should I change pg_upgrade to use -U for 9.4? I can keep supporting -u
> as an undocumented option.

Yes, -U makes the most sense as that is what is used with the other
tools. I think you should just drop -u, this isn't something people are
doing everyday (like psql). The backward compatibility argument is
pretty slim.

JD

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