Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?

Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-06-04T12:13:32Z
Lists: pgsql-general
It doesn't support compression nor restore reordering like the custom
format, so I'm having trouble seeing why it still exists (at least without
a doc warning that it's obsolete).

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  1. Add 'directory' format to pg_dump. The new directory format is compatible