On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 5:03 PM Nathan Bossart <nathandboss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 04:52:06PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 4:14 PM Nathan Bossart <nathandboss...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> I'm curious why we couldn't also support the "custom" format. > > > > Or maybe even a combo - a directory of custom format files? Plus that one > > special file being globals? I'd say that's what most use cases I've seen > > would prefer. > > Is there a particular advantage to that approach as opposed to just using > "directory" mode for everything? I know pg_upgrade uses "custom" mode for > each of the databases, so a combo approach would be a closer match to the > existing behavior, but that doesn't strike me as an especially strong > reason to keep doing it that way. > A gazillion files to deal with? Much easier to work with individual custom files if you're moving databases around and things like that. Much easier to monitor eg sizes/dates if you're using it for backups. It's not things that are make-it-or-break-it or anything, but there are some smaller things that definitely can be useful. -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
