On 11/07/2013 08:26 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes:
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.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.
We have certainly done worse in the past. 8.3 comes to mind. I am trying
to consider the future here, as we continue to grow. Why leave thorns
for the sake of leaving thorns?
Note:
Perfectly happy to spit out a, "NOTICE: The default format of pg_dump
will be changing in release X" for a release.
Joshua D. Drake
regards, tom lane
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