code@remington.io writes:
> I have a relatively trivial proposal - this affects pg_dumpall exclusively. Primary use case in ability to use
pg_dumpallwithout SUPERUSER.
> * Add --no-alter-role flag to only use CREATE ROLE syntax instead of CREATE then ALTER.
What's the point of that?
> * Likely controversial - add --merge-credentials-file which loads ROLE/PASSWORD combinations from an ini file and
addsto dump output if ROLE password not present. Implemented with an external library, inih.
If it requires an external library, it's probably DOA, regardless of
whether there's a compelling use-case (which you didn't present anyway).
regards, tom lane
