On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 09:08 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> So, IMNSHO, making a full database backup is still pg_dump's principal
> function.
Making copies for development databases is also a common use case, and
if not more common than backups, at least not far behind. This was my
stated use case.
>From my perspective, this should be fairly simple
* do we agree the use case is a problem we care about?
* do we agree the proposal would help that use case?
* whats the best way to package that feature?
If we wish to protect pg_dump's role, then lets have another utility or
some packaging that can be used for its other hidden roles. That sounds
like we might all agree on that. pg_dev_dump? How should it look?
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