Re: Thoughts on maintaining 7.3

Douglas McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>

From: Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>

To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>

Cc: Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>, "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>

Date: 2003-10-03T16:39:55Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:

> >Yes, please.  Please, please do not force all users to accept new
> > features in "stable" trees.
> What if the feature does break compatibility with old features?
> What if it is "truly" a new feature?
> 
> One example would be that we are considering reworking
> pg_dump/restore a bit to support batch uploads and interactive mode.
> It would not break compatibility with anything but would
> greatly enhance one's ability to actually backup and restore
> large volume sets.

Well, since those are separate programs and not intimately tied to the
backend, you could distribute them separately for people who need
them...

-Doug