Re: rfc: add pg_dump options to dump output - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: rfc: add pg_dump options to dump output
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Msg-id 200807160120.m6G1KxB01061@momjian.us
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In response to Re: rfc: add pg_dump options to dump output  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
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Is this a TODO item?

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Greg Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> > Well, the stuff included into the dump by pg_dump -v is informative,
> > too.  But we stopped doing that by default because of complaints.
> > I remain unconvinced that this proposal won't suffer the same fate.
> 
> I think it would be reasonable to only include the list of options used in 
> the dump if you use one that changes what appears in the dump.  That way, 
> you wouldn't see anything by default.  But if you make a modification that 
> will likely break a diff with an existing dump done with the default 
> parameters, the option change that introduced that should show at the very 
> beginning.
> 
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